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cog·i·tate
 cogitate
- pronunciation:
- ka
jih
teIt
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
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intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
cogitated, cogitates, cogitating |
| definition: |
to think over something carefully or at length.
I'll need to cogitate for a while before I give you my decision.- synonyms:
- consider, contemplate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate
- similar words:
- brood, cerebrate, deliberate, dwell, reason, study, think
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| related words: |
meditate, ponder, puzzle, reflect, see, speculate |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to give careful consideration to; think over.
- synonyms:
- consider, contemplate, deliberate, mull, ponder, ruminate, think, weigh
- similar words:
- cerebrate, chew, reason
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| related words: |
debate, deliberate, entertain, meditate, revolve, study, think |
| derivations: |
cogitatingly (adv.), cogitator (n.) |
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