contemplate

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Here's two different futures that I invite you to contemplate, and you can try to simulate them and tell me which one you think you might prefer.

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  1. transitive verb To look at attentively and thoughtfully. See Synonyms at see1.
  2. transitive verb To consider carefully and at length; meditate on or ponder: contemplated the problem from all sides; contemplated the mystery of God.
  3. transitive verb To have in mind as an intention or possibility: contemplate marriage; forced by the accident to contemplate retirement.
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  • A few other factors to contemplate are his narcissism, elitism, notorious thin skin, and the vicious way his campaign disembowels all who dare to deconstruct their paladin's biography. —  MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory
  • Through a series of complications too complicated to contemplate, the fate of the young lovers - and the Moulin Rouge itself!
  • Experience loveliness * Breathe deeply: Fresh air and exercise * Serve others * Listen to, contemplate, and exchange ideas. —  In the Heart of my Home
  • In this post she raises thoughts that are very hard for us to contemplate, although I am willing to bet they have crossed every NOLA resident's mind at least once or twice in the last three years. —  HumidCity
  • Does the guidance contemplate, are you guys receiving any of that this year. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
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  1. Latin contemplārī, contemplāt- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + templum, space for observing auguries; see tem- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin contemplatus, past participle of contemplari (later Italian contemplare = Spanish Portuguese contemplar = French contempler), look at, view attentively, observe, consider, orig. an augurial term, mark out a templum, a space for observation, from com- + templum, a temple: see temple, and cf. contemple.
 

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/kənˈtɛmpleɪt/
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