CONTEMPLATE

v. 1 look or gaze at or on or upon, behold, view, survey, observe, regard, eye; scan, scrutinize, inspect I contemplated the scene of the Grand Canal from my hotel room 2 ruminate (over), ponder (on or over), deliberate (over), muse (on or over), meditate or reflect (on), think (about or over), mull over, cogitate (over), turn over in one's mind, brood on or over, chew on or over, consider, study, examine She was contemplating the events of the past night Give me a moment to contemplate. 3 plan, intend, think of or about, consider, entertain the idea or notion of After we broke up, I contemplated emigrating to Australia