▪ think about: "the results of a trade war are too horrifying to contemplate"Similarthink aboutmeditate on/overconsiderponderreflect on/aboutmull overmuse ondwell ondeliberate overcogitate on/aboutruminate on/aboutchew overbrood on/aboutpuzzle overturn over in one's mindweigh upconsiderthink aboutgive thought tohave in mind/viewenvisageaim atforeseeimaginevisualizeintendproposemean toexpect to
▪ think profoundly and at length; meditate: "he sat morosely contemplating"
▪ have in mind as a probable though not certain intention:"she was contemplating a gold mining venture"
Word Originlate 16th century: from Latin contemplat- ‘surveyed, observed, contemplated’, from the verb contemplari, based on templum ‘place for observation’.