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/pˈɑndərɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Ponder v. t. (past & past part. pondered; pres. part. pondering)

To weigh. (Obs.)

To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively. "Ponder the path of thy feet."

Synonyms: To Ponder, Consider, Muse. To consider means to view or contemplate with fixed thought. To ponder is to dwell upon with long and anxious attention, with a view to some practical result or decision. To muse is simply to think upon continuously with no definite object, or for the pleasure it gives. We consider any subject which is fairly brought before us; we ponder a concern involving great interests; we muse on the events of childhood.

Ponder v. i. To think; to deliberate; to muse; usually followed by on or over.

adjective

Pondering adj. Deliberating.

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Etymology of 'Pondering'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pondering" Quotes from Famous Books

... a rare occurrence, and he must be treated royally, as though he were a king condescending to quarter himself on his loyal subjects—which indeed, he was. When Lettice went to tell her father the news she found him seated by the fire, pondering gloomily on what the immediate future might have in store for him; but as soon as she showed him Sydney's telegram he sprang to his feet, with straightened body and brightly shining eyes. In one moment he had passed from despondency to the height ...

— Name and Fame - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant

... They went to the window, anxiously listening for the signal that the work of death had begun. Their consciences, no less than their impatience, made it impossible for them to sit calmly within the palace. Anjou's narrative continues: "While we were pondering over the events and the consequences of such a mighty enterprise, of which, to tell the truth, we had not thought much until then, we heard a pistol shot. The sound produced such an effect upon all three of us that it confounded our senses and deprived us of judgment. We were ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1-20 • Various

... length sat down in a doorway, and watched with interest the hurrying crowds that passed before him. Everybody seemed to be in a hurry, pressing forward as if life and death depended on his haste. There were lawyers with their sharp, keen glances; merchants with calculating faces; speculators pondering on the chances of a rise or fall in stocks; errand boys with bundles under their arms; business men hurrying to the slip to take the boat for Brooklyn or Jersey City,—all seemed intent on business of some kind, even to the ragged newsboys who had just obtained ...

— Paul Prescott's Charge • Horatio Alger

... was she?" mused Roger, pondering this confirmation of his theory. "I wonder what your little nurse ...

— Juggernaut • Alice Campbell

... acting wisely," he cried, "and yet you are only fools. In the prisons of Kiobeh you keep the enemies of Islam, and while you are pondering over the mysteries of the Koran, the infidel dogs are murdering your wives and children. Arise, believers of Islam, and kill ...

— The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2) • Alexandre Dumas pere

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