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say it: KAHN-tuhm-playt
contemplate is a verb meaning "look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought". It is pronounced /ˈkɑntəmˌpleɪt/ — KAHN-tuhm-playt. It carries 4 recorded senses.
think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
“He is meditating in his study”
reflect deeply on a subject
“I mulled over the events of the afternoon”
“philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years”
“The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for contemplate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.