meditation
/mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/
meditation noun: a devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
Noun
meditation (countable and uncountable, plural meditations)
- A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
- Any of various types of achieving more or less altered states of consciousness, such as vacancy of mind or prolonged contemplation on a single sensation or thought, through relaxed or focused mental and physical activity generally of a nonstrenuous and non–substance-induced nature.
- Free-associating on paper is valuable—letting loose, as I described in the last chapter, and writing whatever you feel like writing, any way you want. It’s valuable when you’re learning to write to help you deal with fear, and it continues to be a useful technique for starting a piece of writing or...2007 [1995], Richard Rhodes, How to Write: Advice and Reflections, e-book edition, HarperCollins, pages 18-19
- A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.
- Her book is less a cookbook than a meditation on the craft of cookery.
- A musical theme treated in a meditative manner.
- Careful and thorough thought.
- deep meditation
- in meditation
- Synonyms:
- cogitation, contemplation, deliberation, mulling, musing, pondering, reflection, rethinking, reconsideration, rumination
meditation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
meditation in Hindi
- contemplative discourse
- चिंतन cintan, मनन manan
- devotional contemplation
- ध्यान dhyān, तप tap, तपस्या tapasyā
meditation in Tamil
- ஆழ் நிலை எண்ணம், ஆழ்நிலை ஆய்வு, உடல் உளத்தளர்வு பயிற்சி, உடல்தளர்தல் மருத்துவம், உள அமைதி நுட்பம், உள அமைதி மருத்துவம்
meditation in Marathi
- meditation
- ध्यान dhyān
meditation in Urdu
- meditation, reflection
- دھیان dhyān
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- meditation in Bengali
- ধ্যান dhên, চিন্তন cinton
- meditation in Telugu
- ధ్యానము dhyānamu, తపము tapamu, తపస్సు tapassu
- meditation in Malayalam
- ചിന്ത cinta, ധ്യാനം dhyānaṁ
- meditation in Kannada
- ಧ್ಯಾನ dhyāna
- meditation in Gujarati
- ધ્યાન dhyān
- meditation in Sanskrit
- ध्यान dhyāna, समाधि samādhi, चिन्ता cintā, धी dhī
- meditation in Indonesian
- meditasi, semadi
- meditation in Persian
- خلسه xalse, مدیتیشن mediteyšen
- meditation in Vietnamese
- tĩnh lự, tư duy tu, thiền định, chiêm niệm
Examples of meditation in a sentence
- Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation.
- I found daily meditation to be a useful inhibitor of negative thoughts.
- The more you work at meditation, the more you'll find serenity creeping in.
Synonyms of meditation
- cogitation
- contemplation
- deliberation
- mulling
- musing
- pondering
- reflection
- rethinking
- reconsideration
- rumination
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Forms of meditation
| plural | meditations |
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Origin of meditation
From Old French meditacion, from Latin meditatio, from meditatus, the past participle of meditārī (“to meditate, to think over, consider”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, limit, consider, advise”).
Words formed from meditation
- beditation
- mass meditation
- meditational
- nonmeditation
- theta meditation
- transcendental meditation
Words that rhyme with meditation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about meditation
- What does meditation mean?
- Meditation means a devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.
- What is meditation in Hindi?
- Meditation in Hindi is चिंतन (cintan), मनन (manan), ध्यान (dhyān). See Meditation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is meditation?
- Meditation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce meditation?
- Meditation is pronounced /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/.
- What is the plural of meditation?
- The plural of meditation is meditations.
Words near meditation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: meditation (page history and authors); meditation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ध्यान (Marathi) (page history and authors); دھیان (Urdu) (page history and authors); চিন্তন (Bengali) (page history and authors); తపము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಧ್ಯಾನ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ધ્યાન (Gujarati) (page history and authors). 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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