meditate
verb /ˈmedɪteɪt/
/ˈmedɪteɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they meditate | /ˈmedɪteɪt/ /ˈmedɪteɪt/ |
| he / she / it meditates | /ˈmedɪteɪts/ /ˈmedɪteɪts/ |
| past simple meditated | /ˈmedɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈmedɪteɪtɪd/ |
| past participle meditated | /ˈmedɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈmedɪteɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form meditating | /ˈmedɪteɪtɪŋ/ /ˈmedɪteɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to focus your mind, usually in silence, especially for religious reasons or in order to make your mind calmTopics Religion and festivalsc1
- [intransitive] meditate (on/upon something) (formal) to think deeply about something
- He went off the meditate on the new idea.
- [transitive] meditate something (formal) to plan something in your mind; to consider doing something synonym contemplate
- They were meditating revenge.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin meditat- ‘contemplated’, from the verb meditari, from a base meaning ‘measure’; related to mete.