meditate and contemplate

有人說 meditate 比 contemplate思考層次較淺

meditate
verb [I]
1 to think calm thoughts in order to relax or as a religious activity:
Sophie meditates for 20 minutes every day.

2 to think seriously about something for a long time:
He meditated on the consequences of his decision.

meditation
noun
1 [U] the act of giving your attention to only one thing, either as a religious activity or as a way of becoming calm and relaxed:
prayer and meditation
She practises meditation.

2 [C or U] serious thought or study, or the product of this activity:
Let us spend a few moments in quiet meditation.
I left him deep in meditation.
The book is a meditation on the morality of art.

meditative
adjective FORMAL
━━ v. 熟考［黙想］する ((on, upon)); もくろむ.
 meditate revenge　復讐(しゅう)をたくらむ.
 med・i・ta・tion　━━ n. 熟慮; 冥想（録）.
 med・i・ta・tive　━━ a. 冥想的な.
med・i・ta・tive・ly　ad.
 med・i・ta・tor　━━ n. 黙想［思索］者.



contemplate 
verb [I or T]
to spend time considering a possible future action, or to consider one particular thing for a long time in a serious and quiet way:
[+ ing form of verb] I'm contemplating going abroad for a year.
You're not contemplating a change of job, are you?
It's too awful/horrific/dangerous to contemplate.

contemplation
noun [U]
She was staring out over the lake, lost in contemplation.
The nuns have an hour for silent contemplation every morning.

contemplative 
Her mood was calm and contemplative.

con・tem・pla・tion

━━ n. 熟視［考］; 沈思, 瞑(めい)想, 黙想; 予期, 期待; 意図.

contemplation 

Pronunciation: /ˌkɒntɛmˈpleɪʃ(ə)n /

NOUN

[MASS NOUN]

1The action of looking thoughtfully at something for a long time:the road is too busy for leisurely contemplation of the scenery

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1.1Deep reflective thought:he would retire to his room for study or contemplation

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1.2The state of being considered or planned:substantial fitting work is in contemplation

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1.3Religious meditation.

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1.4A form of Christian prayer or meditation in which a person seeks to pass beyond mental images and concepts to a direct experience of the divine.

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Origin

middle english: from Old French, from Latincontemplatio(n-), from the verb contemplari (seecontemplate).

[名][U]
1 じっと見つめること，熟視；熟考，沈思黙考，瞑想(めいそう)

in contemplation
沈思黙考して

be lost [absorbed] in contemplation
黙想にふける.

2 意図，もくろみ，計画

be in [under] contemplation of ...
…を計画中である.

3 予想，見込み.

meditate

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Pronunciation: /ˈmɛdɪteɪt/

VERB

[NO OBJECT]

1Focus one’s mind for a period of time, in silence or with the aid of chanting, for religious or spiritualpurposes or as a method of relaxation:I set aside time every day to write and meditateit was here that the monk spent much of the day reading and meditating on Scripture

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1.1(meditate on/upon) Think deeply about (something):he went off to meditate on the new idea

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1.2[WITH OBJECT] Plan mentally; consider:they had suffered severely, and they began to meditate retreat

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Origin

mid 16th century: from Latin meditat- 'contemplated', from the verb meditari, from a base meaning 'measure'; related to mete¹.

Derivatives

meditator
NOUN

[動](他)

1 …を企てる，もくろむ，計画する

He was meditating a journey to Hawaii.
彼はハワイ旅行を考えていた.

2 〈物・事を〉熟考［瞑想(めいそう)］する.

━━(自)（…について）黙想［熟考，回想，瞑想］する((on, upon ...))

meditate on one's experience
経験したことをじっくり考えてみる.

［ラテン語meditātus （meditārī瞑想する＋-tus過去分詞語尾）］

meditation

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Pronunciation: /mɛdɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

NOUN

[MASS NOUN]

1The action or practice of meditating:a life of meditation

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1.1[COUNT NOUN] A written or spoken discourseexpressing considered thoughts on a subject:this is not a mythopoetic meditation onmanhood, it’s a historical study

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Origin

middle english: from Old French, from Latin meditatio(n-), from meditari (see meditate).