English
meditation
Etymology

From 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-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /mɛdɪˈteɪʃən/
Noun

meditation

  1. A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
  2. 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.
    Hyponym: transcendental meditation
  3. A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.
    Her book is less a cookbook than a meditation on the craft of cookery.
  4. A musical theme treated in a meditative manner.
  5. Careful and thorough thought.
    Synonyms: Thesaurus:consideration
    deep meditation
    in meditation
    He was lost in careful meditation on how best to proceed when a sudden phone call forced him to decide.
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