cogitation
The process of cogitatingThe process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation.
» A trivial problem does not require a long cogitation.
Ein triviales Problem erfordert kein langes Nachdenken.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation.
(countable)A carefully considered thought, idea, notion.
a carefully considered thought about something
Examples
1 sentencesA trivial problem does not require a long cogitation.
deEin triviales Problem erfordert kein langes Nachdenken.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
Latinism, likely a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cogitatio, cogitationis, possiblyLatinism, likely a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cogitatio, cogitationis, possibly influenced by or displacing an earlier doublet of cogitacion inherited from Middle English cogitacioun, from an Old French cogitaciun, from Vulgar Latin cōgitātiō, cōgitātiōnem; compare Middle French cogitatiun, French cogitation. All ultimately from verbal construction cōgitātus + -iō, from the perfect passive participle of Latin cōgitō (“to turn over in the mind; think, consider, ponder, meditate”), frequentative verb from con- (“together, with”) + agitō (“to put in constant motion, drive at something; devise, plot, contrive”), root from Proto-Italic *agō (“to drive, impel”) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.
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Forms
plural: cogitations| Singular | cogitation |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- attentive consideration and meditation:study
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable