cogitate
pronunciation
How to pronounce cogitate in British English:
UK [ˈkɒdʒɪteɪt]
How to pronounce cogitate in American English:
US [ˈkɑdʒɪteɪt]
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- Verb:
- consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
- use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
Word Origin
- cogitate (v.)
- late 16c., from Latin cogitatus, past participle of cogitare "to think" (see cogitation). Related: Cogitated; cogitating.
Example
- 1. Cogitate on this problem ; the solution will come .
- 2. Take a moment to cogitate on this code .
- 3. Read , inwardly digest and cogitate on your own out look .
- 4. One of these , I remember , on which I used to cogitate profoundly , was how to defeat an enemy without having arms .
- 5. This article stands attheheights of culture philosophy ; toimplements cogitate style as a kind of double existences .