meditate
part of speech
verb (meditate, meditates, meditated, meditating)
meaning for a pupil
1) To meditate is to sit quietly and focus your mind, often on your breathing, to feel calm and peaceful. tree →
2) (church, religion) To meditate is to think deeply and prayerfully about God or a holy text; Buddhists, Hindus and Christians all meditate in their own ways. tree →
3) (formal) To meditate on something is to think about it seriously for a long time. tree →
sense in the lessons
In PSHE and well-being lessons, children meditate or do «mindfulness» to calm worries and anger. In RE, pupils learn Buddhist meditation and Christian prayerful reading of the Psalms. Phrases: «meditate on», «meditate for ten minutes», «guided meditation».
examples
- We meditate for five minutes after lunch to calm down. tree →
- The monk meditated in silence for hours. tree →
- The psalm says to meditate on God's law day and night. tree →
- When I feel angry, I meditate and count my breaths. tree →
- Buddhists meditate to train their minds. tree →
- She meditated on what her grandmother had said. tree →
- He sat down on the shore and meditated. tree →
note
Regular verb: meditated, meditating. Noun «meditation». Trap: do not confuse with «medicate» (give medicine) or «mediate» (help two sides agree). Meditating is not sleeping; you stay awake and calm.
In the corpora
- But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.
- When I remember Thee upon my couch, and meditate on Thee in the night-watches.
- I will meditate also upon all Thy work, and muse on Thy doings.'
- I will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways.
- Even though princes sit and talk against me, thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «meditate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.