Ponder (Verb)
Meaning
Reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- As she sat by the river, she began to ponder the mysterious circumstances surrounding her friend's disappearance.
- The team spent hours around the conference table, minds racing as they ponder the potential risks of their new business venture.
- She spent most of the night alone in her room, lost in thought, trying to ponder the complexity of her own emotions.
- During the long drive home, he ponder the words of his grandmother and the life lessons she had shared with him.
- The professor asked the class to ponder the significance of the poet's use of metaphor in the final stanza of the poem.