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pondered

[pon-der]

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verb (used without object)

to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).

verb (used with object)

to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully: He pondered his next words thoroughly.

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English pondren < Middle French ponderer < Latin ponderāre to ponder, weigh; akin to pendēre to be suspended, hang (see pend)

Related forms

pon·der·er, noun

re·pon·der, verb (used without object)

un·pon·dered, adjective

well-pon·dered, adjective

Synonyms
1. reflect, cogitate, deliberate, ruminate.

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For years computer scientists have pondered the daunting task of solving what they call satisfiability problems.

Lessing seemed to take enormous pleasure in exercising his reason as he pondered the idea of an ugly human form or face.

Several respected economists have pondered the value of measures to dampen currency trading.

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For years computer scientists have pondered the daunting task of solving what they call satisfiability problems.

Lessing seemed to take enormous pleasure in exercising his reason as he pondered the idea of an ugly human form or face.

Several respected economists have pondered the value of measures to dampen currency trading.

Earlier philosophers pondered the plurality of worlds with less dire consequences.

Scientists have long pondered the purpose of those peculiar tentacles.

Science has long pondered the relationship between diet and metabolism.

Kilgo also pondered relationships between men of different generations in the same family.

So you have seen the data and pondered what they mean.

Hundreds of thousands of people may have pondered the question, if not the answer.

As he pondered this, manipulating the two bones as a puzzler maneuvers two troublesome puzzle.

Although our editors of a century ago pondered some lofty aspirations for the orderly future of.

Haworth pondered the challenge, then suggested that he could place series of beads under the skin around her wrist.

Einstein pondered its paradoxes for decades and got next to nowhere.

And he pondered the variations in how they convey motion.

For centuries people have pondered the meaning of dreams.

Philosophers had pondered this sort of question for millennia, long before anyone thought to examine it in a lab.

Ivory, pondered and agonized and finally, nervously agreed.

Let the one thing many of you never pondered begin to eat away at your brain as it does me.

Game developers have pondered olfactory enhancements before, but it's never really gone anywhere.

Once he pondered four and a half minutes before approaching the bar.

One person actually pondered whether chemicals, chemical reactions, or chemical exchanges were living.

The whole triumphal blitzkrieg can be pondered over repeatedly.

So maybe it was the grown-ups who savored the ballet's charm while the youngsters pondered its moral issues.

Literary magazine editors have pondered this kind of awkward imbalance for some time.

All the way, she pondered what she would tell her husband and her sister.

Greene would often fall silent as he pondered a problem.

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Word Origin & History

ponder

early 14c., "to estimate the worth of, to appraise," from O.Fr. ponderare "to weigh, poise," from L. ponderare "to ponder, to consider," lit. "to weigh," from pondus (gen. ponderis) "weigh" (see pound (1)). Meaning "to weigh a matter mentally" is attested from late 14c.

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