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contemplative

/kənˈtɛmplətɪv/

US pronunciation

American sound/kənˈtɛmplətɪv/

kənˈtɛmplətɪv

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

kən - ˈtɛmplətɪv -> contemplative

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ဆင်ခြင်စဉ်းစားလေ့ရှိသော။ တရားအားထုတ်နေသော။

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contemplate /'kɒntǝmpleÇt/ v

၁။ ချင့်ချိန်စဉ်းစားသည်။ ချိန်ဆ သည်။
The consequences of a nuclear war are too awful to contemplate. ❍ She is contemplating a visit to (ie may visit) America. ❍ I'm not contemplating retiring (ie I do not intend to retire) yet. ❍ No one would contemplate such a thing happening.
၂။ (က) စိတ်အေး လက်အေးကြည့် သည်၊ စဉ်းစားသည်။ စိတ်ကူးမှန်းဆကြည့်သည်။
She stood contemplating the painting. ❍ He contemplated what the future would be like without the children.
(ခ) (တရားသဘော) အာရုံပြုသည်၊ ဆင်ခြင်သည်။ a few quiet minutes in the middle of the day to sit and contemplate ❍ contemplating the death of Our Lord.
❏ contemplation /kɒntǝm'pleÇʃn/ n [U]
၁။ လေးလေး နက်နက် ဆင်ခြင်ကြည့်ရှုခြင်း။
He stood in silent contemplation of the scene before him.
၂။ (တရားသဘော) အာရုံပြုခြင်း၊ ဆင်ခြင်ခြင်း။
a life of prayer and contemplation ❍ He sat there deep in contemplation.
၃။ (fml ) ဆင်ခြင်သုံးသပ်ခြင်း။ New and desperate measures to deal with the crisis are in contemplation.
❏ contemplative /kǝn'templǝtÇv, 'kɒntǝmpleÇ- tÇv/ adj
၁။ ဆင်ခြင်စဉ်းစားလေ့ရှိသော။
a contemplative person/manner/look.
၂။ တရားအားထုတ်နေသော။
a contemplative order of nuns.

More examples

I’m contemplating retirement next year.
[contemplate doing something] : He refuses even to contemplate moving house again.
We’re not even contemplating defeat.
[too awful/dreadful etc to contemplate] : The alternative is too horrible to contemplate.
I haven’t got time to sit around contemplating the meaning of life.
He stood contemplating his image in the mirror.

Synonyms

consider, think, reflect, study, mull over, chew over, weigh up, ponder, aim, anticipate, aspire to, audit, behold, brood over, cool out, deliberate, design, envisage, envision, examine, excogitate, expect, eye, foresee, gaze, gaze at, imagine, inspect, intend, kick around, look, mean, meditate, meditate on, mind, muse, muse over, notice, observe, peer, penetrate, percolate, perpend, peruse, picture, pierce, plan, pore over, probe, propose, pry, purpose, reflect upon, regard, ruminate, scan, scrutinize, see, size up, speculate, stare, stare at, survey, take in, think of, view, watch, weigh, witness

Antonyms

disbelieve, discard, disregard, forget, ignore, look away, neglect, overlook, reject, scorn, slight

Cross references

consider think reflect study mull over chew over weigh up ponder aim anticipate aspire to audit behold brood over cool out deliberate design envisage envision examine excogitate expect eye foresee gaze gaze at imagine inspect

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