meditation
See also: Meditation and méditation
English
Etymology
From Old French meditacion, from Latin meditatio, from meditatus, the past participle of meditārī (“to meditate, to think over, consider”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, limit, consider, advise”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛdɪˈteɪʃən/
Audio (RP) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
meditation (countable and uncountable, plural meditations)
- A devotional exercise of, or leading to contemplation.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.
- A musical theme treated in a meditative manner.
- Careful and thorough thought.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:consideration
Related terms
Translations
devotional contemplation
contemplative discourse
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AnagramsDanishEtymologyFrom meditere (“to meditate”), from Latin meditārī (“to meditate, to think over, consider”). Pronunciation
Nounmeditation c (singular definite meditationen, plural indefinite meditationer) InflectionDeclension of meditation
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