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If you c__________ something or someone, you look at them for a long time.If you contemplate something or someone, you look at them for a long time.He contemplated his hands, still frowning.He was lost in the contemplation of the landscape for a while. verbIf you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.For a time he contemplated a career as an army medical doctor.She contemplates leaving for the sake of the kids.If you contemplate an idea or subject, you think about it carefully for a long time.As he lay in his hospital bed that night, he cried as he contemplated his future.That makes it difficult to contemplate the idea that the present policy may not be sustainable.It is a place of quiet contemplation.If you contemplate something or someone, you look at them for a long time.He contemplated his hands, still frowning.He was lost in the contemplation of the landscape for a while. C1

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query	If you c__________ something or someone, you look at them for a long time.If you contemplate something or someone, you look at them for a long time. He contemplated his hands, still frowning. He was lost in the contemplation of the landscape for a while.
word	contemplate
full-definition	verb If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not. For a time he contemplated a career as an army medical doctor. She contemplates leaving for the sake of the kids. If you contemplate an idea or subject, you think about it carefully for a long time. As he lay in his hospital bed that night, he cried as he contemplated his future. That makes it difficult to contemplate the idea that the present policy may not be sustainable. It is a place of quiet contemplation. If you contemplate something or someone, you look at them for a long time. He contemplated his hands, still frowning. He was lost in the contemplation of the landscape for a while.
inflections	contemplatescontemplatingcontemplatedcontemplationcheck outcontemplation
cefr-level	C1

Contemplate Contemplated Long Time Contemplation Hands Frowning Lost