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meditate

verb
🔊/ˈmedɪteɪt/
🔊/ˈmedɪteɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they meditate
🔊/ˈmedɪteɪt/
🔊/ˈmedɪteɪt/
he / she / it meditates
🔊/ˈmedɪteɪts/
🔊/ˈmedɪteɪts/
past simple meditated
🔊/ˈmedɪteɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈmedɪteɪtɪd/
past participle meditated
🔊/ˈmedɪteɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈmedɪteɪtɪd/
-ing form meditating
🔊/ˈmedɪteɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈmedɪteɪtɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to focus your mind, usually in silence, especially for religious reasons or in order to make your mind calm冥想；沉思Topics Religion and festivalsc1
  2. [intransitive] meditate (on/upon something) (formal) to think deeply about something冥想；沉思
    • He went off the meditate on the new idea.他开始沉思这个新主意。
  3. [transitive] meditate something (formal) to plan something in your mind; to consider doing something暗自策划；考虑；谋划 synonym contemplate
    • They were meditating revenge.他们在谋划进行报复。🔊🔊
    4. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin meditat- ‘contemplated’, from the verb meditari, from a base meaning ‘measure’; related to mete.