Definition of contemplate

"contemplate" in the verb sense

1. contemplate

look at thoughtfully observe deep in thought

"contemplate one's navel"

2. contemplate

consider as a possibility

"I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"

3. study, meditate, contemplate

think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

"He is meditating in his study"

4. chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate

reflect deeply on a subject

"I mulled over the events of the afternoon"

"philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"

"The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

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Quotations for contemplate

So many hours must I take my rest;
So many hours must I contemplate. [ William Shakespeare ]

Of all ruins, the ruin of man is the saddest to contemplate. [ T. Gautier ]

Motives are better than actions. Men drift into crime. Of evil they do more than they contemplate, and of good they contemplate more than they do. [ Bovee ]

Our souls, piercing through the impurity of flesh, behold the highest heaven, and thence bring knowledge to contemplate the ever-during glory and termless joy. [ Sir Walter Raleigh ]

Peacefully and reasonably to contemplate is at no time hurtful, and while we use ourselves to think of the advantages of others, our own mind comes insensibly to imitate them; and every false activity to which our fancy was alluring us is then willingly abandoned. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

What is more pleasing than the sight of the affectionate mother, watching with untiring devotion over her helpless child? Who can contemplate her devotion to the object of her love, enduring his waywardness, forgiving his faults, relieving his pains, and enjojdng his pleasures; pouring incessantly into his opening soul the mature wisdom of her counsels, and following him with her untiring prayers, as he finally goes forth to battle with the temptations and trials of life, without feeling that the true mother's heart is the noblest of heaven's gifts? [ H. Winslow ]

contemplate in Scrabble®

The word contemplate is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters contemplate:

CONTEMPLATE
(162)
CONTEMPLATE
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (17 words)

acetone, clement, coalmen, compete, empanel, emplace, emplane, enolate, lactone, nepotal, pacemen, palette, pectate, peltate, polecat, tapemen, telecom

 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In contemplate

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contemplate in Words With Friends™

The word contemplate is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 22

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters contemplate:

CONTEMPLATE
(306)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (17 words)

acetone, clement, coalmen, compete, empanel, emplace, emplane, enolate, lactone, nepotal, pacemen, palette, pectate, peltate, polecat, tapemen, telecom

 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In contemplate

CONTEMPLATE
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(288)
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(288)
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