Meaning

1 senses

  1. (colloquial)A period of deep thought.

    I lit my pipe and had a ponder about it, but reached no definite conclusion.

Examples

36 sentences

  1. Let's ponder that for a moment.

    deDenken wir einen Augenblick darüber nach! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. There are bigger questions to ponder.

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  3. She pondered the question for a while.

    ruОна на какое-то время задумалась над вопросом. — shanghainese

    deSie dachte eine Weile über die Frage nach. — Dani6187

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  4. We all pondered over what had taken place.

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  5. Tom just stood there, pondering what might happen next.

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Origin

From Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from

From Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderāre (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.

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Forms

plural: ponders
Singularponder
Pluralponders

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pompousponchopondB1ponderousC2pongpontificate

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