ponder
UK/ˈpɒn.də//ˈpɑn.dəɹ/
ponder verb: to wonder, think of deeply.
Verb
ponder (third-person singular simple present ponders, present participle pondering, simple past and past participle pondered)
- To wonder, think of deeply.
- Some days, the whole cast of crabs would come out of their holes and ponder at the Fishers as if a storm is taking form.2023, Sunil Santha, Climate Change, Small-Scale Fisheries, and Blue Justice: Fishscapes and Alternative Worldviews, Taylor and Francis
- To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.
- I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.
- Ponder the path of thy feet.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 4:26
- To weigh.
Noun
ponder (plural ponders)
- A period of deep thought.
- I lit my pipe and had a ponder about it, but reached no definite conclusion.
Proper noun capitalized: Ponder
Ponder (countable and uncountable, plural Ponders)
- A surname.
- A ghost town in Ripley County, Missouri, United States.
- A town in Denton County, Texas, United States.
ponder meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
ponder in Hindi
- to think deeply
- सोचना socnā, चिंतन करना cintan karnā, मंथन करना manthan karnā
- to consider carefully
- विचारना vicārnā, चिंतन करना cintan karnā
ponder in Tamil
- to think deeply
- யோசி yōci
ponder in Urdu
- to think deeply
- سوچْنا socnā
ponder in Bengali
- গভীরভাবে চিন্তা করা, বিবেচনা করা
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- ponder in Malayalam
- ആലോചിക്കുക, പരിഗണിക്കുക, പരിചിന്തിക്കുക
- ponder in Kannada
- ಭಾವಿಸು bhāvisu
- ponder in Punjabi
- سوچنا socṇā, ਸੋਚਣਾ socṇā
- ponder in Sanskrit
- मन्यते manyate
- ponder in Arabic
- تَفَكَّرَ tafakkara, فَكَّرَ fakkara
- ponder in Malay
- merenungi
Examples of ponder in a sentence
- Merely pondering and then making plans with your ponderance is the key.
- Initially, pondering months of isolation from friends and family, people needed to feel connected.
- Speech paused momentarily on Faxa's lips as he pondered her birdsweet notes in smoky silence.
Synonyms of ponder
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Forms of ponder
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | ponders |
| present participle | pondering |
| past participle | pondered |
| past | pondered |
| Noun | |
| plural | ponders |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Ponders |
Origin of ponder
From Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderāre (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.
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Questions about ponder
- What does ponder mean?
- Ponder means to wonder, think of deeply.
- What is ponder in Hindi?
- Ponder in Hindi is सोचना (socnā), चिंतन करना (cintan karnā), मंथन करना (manthan karnā). See Ponder meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ponder?
- Ponder can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ponder?
- Ponder is pronounced /ˈpɒn.də/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of ponder?
- The past tense of ponder is pondered.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ponder (page history and authors); Ponder (page history and authors); Ponder (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ponder (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಭಾವಿಸು (Kannada) (page history and authors); سوچنا (Punjabi) (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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