meditation
A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplationA devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
» Flies and mosquitoes interfered with his meditation.
Мухи и комары помешали ему медитировать.
Мухи та комарі заважали йому медитувати.
Мухи та комарі заважали йому міркувати.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various types of achieving more or less altered states of consciousness, such as vacancy of mind or prolonged contemplation on a single sensation or thought, through relaxed or focused mental and physical activity generally of a nonstrenuous and non–substance-induced nature.
(countable, uncountable)A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.
Her book is less a cookbook than a meditation on the craft of cookery.
медита́цияmeditácija, разду́мьеrazdúmʹje, размышле́ниеrazmyšlénije
(religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)
(countable, uncountable)A musical theme treated in a meditative manner.
(countable, uncountable)Careful and thorough thought.
deep meditation
in meditation
Meditation
медита́цияmeditácija
медита́ціяmedytácija
Examples
84 sentencesFlies and mosquitoes interfered with his meditation.
Мухи та комарі заважали йому медитувати. — ChickenKiev
ruМухи и комары помешали ему медитировать. — shanghainese
Meditation can be practiced almost anywhere.
Meditation sure helps me sleep better at night.
Have you considered meditation?
Have you ever tried meditation?
Translations
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Origin
From Old French meditacion, from Latin meditatio, from meditatus, the past participle of mFrom Old French meditacion, from Latin meditatio, from meditatus, the past participle of meditārī (“to meditate, to think over, consider”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, limit, consider, advise”).
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Forms
plural: meditations| Singular | meditation |
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Synonyms
13 synonyms- continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature:speculation
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable