meditate
/ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/
meditate verb: to contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
Verb
meditate (third-person singular simple present meditates, present participle meditating, simple past and past participle meditated)
- To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
- To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.
- To consider; to reflect on.
- […] yet I can by no means be persuaded that he could find leisure enough to write so many copies of it in his solitudes and sufferings, in the midst of treaties, in the hurry of removals, while he meditated his escape, and was strictly observ'd by his guards.1761, John Toland, The Life Of Iohn^([sic]) Milton
- He lay and meditated the sluggishness of his bowels. This created pictures of chrome and porcelain and attendant circumstances.1956, William Golding, Pincher Martin
Adjective
meditate (not comparable)
meditate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
meditate in Hindi
- to contemplate
- मनन करना manan karnā, ध्यान देना dhyān denā
- to come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious
- आराम करना ārām karnā
meditate in Tamil
- ஆழ்ந்து எண்ணு, ஆழ்ந்து நினை
meditate in Urdu
- سوچنا, غور کرنا
meditate in Bengali
- ধ্যান করা, গভীরভাবে চিন্তা করা, মনঃসংযোগ করা
More languagesFewer languages
- meditate in Telugu
- ధ్యానించు dhyāniñcu, తలచు talacu
- meditate in Malayalam
- ധ്യാനിക്കുക, ആലോചിക്കുക, ചിന്തിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുക
- meditate in Kannada
- ಚಿಂತಿಸು, ಎಣಿಸು, ಬಗೆ, ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲೇ ಯೋಚಿಸು
- meditate in Punjabi
- ਮਨਨ ਕਰਨਾ, ਮਨਨ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- meditate in Sanskrit
- ध्यायति dhyāyati, चिन्तयति cintayati
- meditate in Persian
- تعمق کردن, اندیشه کردن
- meditate in Thai
- ทำสมาธิ tam-sà-maa-tí, เข้าฌาน kâo-chaan
Examples of meditate in a sentence
- By meditating, I try to attune myself to the greater cosmos.
- Not even a Chinese philosopher can meditate endlessly on gravel so we get the ball next.
- Put that in your mantra and meditate on it, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
Forms of meditate
| third-person singular present | meditates |
|---|---|
| present participle | meditating |
| past participle | meditated |
| past | meditated |
Origin of meditate
First attested in 1560; borrowed from Latin meditātus, perfect active participle of meditor (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), morphologically as if frequentative of medeor (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Ancient Greek μελετάω (meletáō, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Words formed from meditate
Questions about meditate
- What does meditate mean?
- Meditate means to contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
- What is meditate in Hindi?
- Meditate in Hindi is मनन करना (manan karnā), ध्यान देना (dhyān denā), आराम करना (ārām karnā). See Meditate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is meditate?
- Meditate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce meditate?
- Meditate is pronounced /ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/.
- What is the past tense of meditate?
- The past tense of meditate is meditated.
Words near meditate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: meditate (page history and authors); meditate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meditate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meditate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తలచు (Telugu) (page history and authors); meditate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meditate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meditate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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