CONTEMPLATION meaning: Deep reflective thought or meditation

We found 33 dictionaries that define the word contemplation:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

contemplation: Merriam-Webster
contemplation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
contemplation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
contemplation: Collins English Dictionary
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Contemplation, contemplation: Wordnik
contemplation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
contemplation: Wiktionary
contemplation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
contemplation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
contemplation: Infoplease Dictionary
Contemplation, contemplation: Dictionary.com
contemplation: Online Etymology Dictionary
contemplation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Contemplation (Christianity), Contemplation (Kafka), Contemplation (disambiguation), Contemplation (short story collection), Contemplation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Contemplation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
contemplation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
contemplation: Rhymezone
Contemplation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
contemplation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONTEMPLATION: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
contemplation: FreeDictionary.org
contemplation: Mnemonic Dictionary
contemplation: TheFreeDictionary.com
contemplation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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contemplation: Legal dictionary

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Contemplation: Encyclopedia

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)

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Contemplation: Catholic Encyclopedia
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contemplation: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  The act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought
▸ noun:  Holy meditation.
▸ noun:  The act of looking forward to a future event
▸ noun:  The state of being considered or planned.

Opposite:

action, impulsiveness, disregard, distraction, haste

Phrases:

in contemplation, self contemplation, to have in contemplation, contemplation of death, gift in contemplation of death, more...

Adjectives:

aesthetic, quiet, pure, silent, deep, mere, religious, mystical, serious, spiritual, legal

Colors:

indigo, lavender, sage, teal, mauve, more...

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