Contemplation Definition

kŏntəm-plāshən
noun
The act or state of contemplating.
American Heritage
Thoughtful inspection, study, etc.
Webster's New World
Religious or mystical meditation.
Webster's New World
Expectation or intention.
Webster's New World
The definition of contemplation is studying or observing something carefully or thinking deeply about something.
When you sit quietly and think about your future or your life, this is an example of contemplation.
When you go and study a piece of art at a museum for a long time, this is an example of contemplation.
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Other Word Forms of Contemplation

Noun

Singular:
contemplation
Plural:
contemplations

Origin of Contemplation

  • From Old French contemplation, from Latin contemplatio.

    From Wiktionary

Contemplation Sentence Examples

  • He sank into stormy contemplation, clueless how to handle the latest of his challenges.

  • Her gaze drifted off in contemplation, finally returning to Carmen.

  • If anything, his anger melted into the contemplation of a man who had a new problem he intended to solve.

  • From those early days when a fond mother wrote of him as having been " truly converted to God," down to the verge of ninety years, he lived in the habitual contemplation of the unseen world, and regulated his private and public action by reference to a code higher than that of mere prudence or worldly wisdom.

  • A further scheme in contemplation was that of a Danube-Oder canal.

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