meditation
part of speech
noun (meditation, meditations)
meaning for a pupil
1) Sitting quietly and focusing your mind, for example on your breathing, to feel calm and relaxed. tree →
2) A religious or spiritual practice of deep, quiet thought or prayer. tree →
3) (formal) Serious, careful thought about something; or a piece of writing with such thoughts. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school, some classes do short meditation or mindfulness to calm down. In everyday life people use meditation apps. In religion and history, monks practise meditation. Phrases: do meditation, practise meditation, a meditation on.
examples
- We do five minutes of meditation after lunch. tree →
- Meditation helps me feel calm before a test. tree →
- Close your eyes and breathe slowly for meditation. tree →
- The monk spent hours in meditation. tree →
- Mum listens to a meditation app at night. tree →
- Meditation is part of many religions. tree →
- The poem is a meditation on loss. tree →
- During meditation, try to notice your breathing. tree →
- At last the Childe of Lambton came home to his father's Hall, after seven long years spent in meditation and repentance on holy soil. tree →
note
Mostly uncountable (do meditation), countable for a piece of writing (meditations). Verb: meditate. Do not confuse with «medication» (medicine) — one letter different! Related: mindfulness.
In the corpora
- Meditation is quiet focusing of the mind; it is central in Buddhism and used by many other people too.
- Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
- My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
- It is my meditation all the day.
- I have more understanding than all my teachers; for Thy testimonies are my meditation.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «meditation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.