- 1the act of thinking deeply about something He sat there deep in contemplation. a few moments of quiet contemplation a life of prayer and contemplation
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- 2the act of looking at something in a calm and careful way She turned from her contemplation of the photograph. Idioms
being considered By 1613 even more desperate measures were in contemplation.
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