Contemplation
[,kɒntem'pleɪʃ(ə)n] or [,kɑntəm'pleʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a long and thoughtful observation.
(noun.) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration.
Typist: Marvin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.
(n.) Holy meditation.
(n.) The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing.
Typed by Alphonse
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Reflection, meditation, cogitation, lucubration, deliberation, study, thought, speculation, pondering.[2]. View, prospect, prospective.
Editor: Lois
Examples
- Paul; they are too hideous: but if you admire themallow me to vacate my seat and leave you to their contemplation. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Contemplation of Mr Dorrit's waistcoat buttons by Mr Merdle. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I expressed my pleasure in the contemplation of it, and little Em'ly was emboldened to say, shyly, 'Don't you think you are afraid of the sea, now? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A considerable crime is in contemplation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Her voice was choked as she went on--was quavering as with the contemplation of some strange, yet closely-present idea. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- As darkness settled upon the earth, Clayton and Lady Alice still stood by the ship's rail in silent contemplation of their future abode. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She stood several minutes before the picture, in earnest contemplation, and returned to it again before they quitted the gallery. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Himself ravished with the contemplation of the idea of good, and delighting in solid geometry (Rep. Plato. The Republic.
- Oh, dear me, Caddy, cried Mrs. Jellyby, who had relapsed into that distant contemplation, have you begun again? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- From such vague laments I turned to the contemplation of the minutiae of my situation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mrs. Bardell's opinions of the opposite sex, gentlemen, were derived from a long contemplation of the inestimable qualities of her lost husband. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- No one can fail to see that the contemplation of the heavens draws the soul upwards. Plato. The Republic.
- The co-operation of the navy was absolutely essential to the success (even to the contemplation) of such an enterprise. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- These words are written under no prompting of idle self-contemplation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He retired to the old home town of Arbois, and sought to d istract his mind from the contemplation of human baseness. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He threw himself back in his easy-chair, wrapped in contemplations of his future greatness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Edited by Griffith