ponder

«ponder» in Mova's school dictionary: to think about something slowly and carefully for a long… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (ponders, pondered, pondering)

meaning for a pupil

To ponder is to think about something slowly and carefully for a long time before deciding. tree →

sense in the lessons

a character thinks hard before choosing, answering or acting; «ponder over» means think deeply about a problem

examples

• I must ponder this puzzle before I answer. tree →
• She pondered the words for a long time. tree →
• The old man pondered over the riddle until he understood it. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;
• I have pondered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ponder» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.