ponder
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderare (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒn.də(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑn.dɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ)
Verb
editponder (third-person singular simple present ponders, present participle pondering, simple past and past participle pondered)
- To wonder, think of deeply.
- To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.
- Synonyms: chew over, mull over; see also Thesaurus:ponder
- I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 4:26:
- Ponder the path of thy feet.
- (obsolete) To weigh.
Related terms
editTranslations
editto think deeply
to consider carefully
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Noun
editponder (plural ponders)
- (colloquial) A period of deep thought.
- I lit my pipe and had a ponder about it, but reached no definite conclusion.
Further reading
edit- “ponder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ponder”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderare (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”).
Noun
editponder (plural ponders)
- (glassblowing, obsolete) A fourteenth-century unit of glass.
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