ponder

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UK /ˈpɒn.də(ɹ)/ US /ˈpɑn.dɚ/

verb 3name 3noun 1

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

carefully, deeply, hard

(for) a moment

He pondered for a moment, then decided to accept the job offer.

VERB + PONDER

leave sb to

She left him to ponder the difficult decision for a few days before asking for his answer.

be forced to

PREP

about

She sat quietly, pondering about whether to accept the job offer in another city.

She sat quietly in the café, pondering on whether to accept the job offer.

over

She sat quietly, pondering over whether to accept the job offer in another city.

Definitions

verb

To wonder, think of deeply.

To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.

I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.

Ponder the path of thy feet.

To weigh.

noun

A period of deep thought.

I lit my pipe and had a ponder about it, but reached no definite conclusion.

name

A surname.

A ghost town in Ripley County, Missouri, United States.

A town in Denton County, Texas, United States.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — reflect deeply on a subject

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.

Wiktionary

Ponder the path of thy feet.

Wiktionary

[A]lthough thou beeſt blameleſs and unſpotted as to thy outvvard Life and Converſation, ſo that none can ſay, black is thine Eye, as to any groſs Sin; yet knovv, that God pondereth thy Heart, and ranſ

Wiktionary

I lit my pipe and had a ponder about it, but reached no definite conclusion.

Wiktionary

Ponder deeply over it.

Tatoeba · #50405

A gaggle of intoxicated youths stopped to ponder whether there is an Opposite Day in Bizarro World.

Tatoeba · #697872

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, ponder is marked as obsolete, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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