LEARNit Dictionary

contemplate

verb
C1+
1
C1+
to think about whether you should do something, or how you should do something
تعمق کردن, فکر کردن به, اندیشیدن, در نظر گرفتن
synonym consider, think about/of
2
C1+
to think carefully about and accept the possibility of something happening
اندیشیدن, تعمق کردن, تأمل کردن
The thought of war is too awful to contemplate.
How could you even contemplate such an idea?
I can't contemplate what it would be like to be alone.
She contemplated that things might get even worse.
3
C1+
to think deeply about something for a long time
اندیشیدن, تفکر کردن, تأمل کردن, تعمق کردن
to contemplate your future
She lay in bed, contemplating.
4
C1+
to look at somebody/something in a careful way for a long time
نگریستن, نگاه کردن با تامل, نگریستن با دقت
She contemplated him in silence.
He sat there, contemplating his fingernails.
synonym stare at