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COGITATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments

Example:

I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere

Synonyms:

cerebrate; cogitate; think

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cogitate"):

think (decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting)

think (ponder; reflect on, or reason about)

think about (have on one's mind, think about actively)

devote; give; pay (dedicate)

center; centre; concentrate; focus; pore; rivet (direct one's attention on something)

associate; colligate; connect; link; link up; relate; tie in (make a logical or causal connection)

plan (make plans for something)

contemplate; meditate; study (think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes)

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

conclude; reason; reason out (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)

reason (think logically)

chew over; contemplate; excogitate; meditate; mull; mull over; muse; ponder; reflect; ruminate; speculate; think over (reflect deeply on a subject)

brainstorm (try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it)

philosophise; philosophize (reason philosophically)

think (have or formulate in the mind)

rationalise; rationalize (think rationally; employ logic or reason)

puzzle over (try to solve)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

cogitation (attentive consideration and meditation)

cogitative (given to cogitation)

cogitative (of or relating to having capacities for cogitation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "cogitate" is one way to...):

chew over; contemplate; excogitate; meditate; mull; mull over; muse; ponder; reflect; ruminate; speculate; think over (reflect deeply on a subject)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE

Derivation:

cogitation (attentive consideration and meditation)

cogitation (a carefully considered thought about something)

cogitative (given to cogitation)

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