Pondering
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Pondering is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of ponder.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of ponder.
More Meanings
- An act of rumination or cogitation.
Example Sentences
Now all his ponderings, however excursive, wheeled round Isabel as their center; and back to her they came again from every excursion; and again derived some new, small germs for wonderment.
Alas, it looked yesterday, when the Legislature returned to business, as if Premier Dalton McGuinty's peculiar maunderings and ponderings of the past several weeks risk making him just that.
Word Forms
- ponderings
Synonyms for pondering
Depending on context, synonyms include consideration, deliberation, pensive, musing, thoughtful, contemplative.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ruminative, musing, pensive, meditative, contemplative, thoughtful.
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