Meaning

1 senses
  1. To think or cogitate, especially so as to make inferences or decisions or to solve problems.

    размышля́тьrazmyšljátʹ

    use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to think or cogitate:

Origin

First attested in 1874; from Latin cerebrum (“brain”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix); likely

First attested in 1874; from Latin cerebrum (“brain”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix); likely a back-formation from cerebration.

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Forms

cerebrates, cerebrating, cerebrated, cerebrated
Base formcerebrate · to cerebrate
3rd person singularcerebrates
Present participlecerebrating
Past simplecerebrated
Past participlecerebrated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycerebrate
he, she, itcerebrates

Past simpleLesson

all personscerebrated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cerebrated
he, she, ithas cerebrated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cerebrate

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments:thinkcogitate

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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