verb
ADVERB
▪ seriously
▪
She was seriously contemplating moving to Mexico.
▪ even
▪
How could you even ~ such an idea?
VERB + CONTEMPLATE
▪ be prepared to ( BrE ), be willing to
▪
Are you willing to ~ retraining?
▪ cannot , could not
▪ refuse to
PHRASES
▪ too awful to ~ , too horrible to ~
▪
The thought of war was too awful to ~.
Contemplate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ death , ↑ fate , ↑ future , ↑ meaning , ↑ move , ↑ mystery , ↑ retirement , ↑ suicide