Tra từ contemplate - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·tem·plate [contemplate contemplates contemplated contemplating] BrE [ˈkɒntəmpleɪt] NAmE [ˈkɑːntəmpleɪt] verb
1. transitive to think about whether you should do sth, or how you should do sth
Syn: ↑consider, Syn: think about/of
•~ sth You're too young to be contemplating retirement.
•~ doing sth I have never contemplated living abroad.
•~ how/what, etc… He continued while she contemplated how to answer.
2. transitive to think carefully about and accept the possibility of sth happening
•~ sth The thought of war is too awful to contemplate.
•~ how/what, etc… I can't contemplate what it would be like to be alone.
•~ that… She contemplated that things might get even worse.
3. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) (formal)to think deeply about sth for a long time
•to contemplate your future
•She lay in bed, contemplating.
4. transitive ~ sb/sth (formal)to look at sb/sth in a careful way for a long time
Syn: stare at
•She contemplated him in silence.
•He sat there, contemplating his fingernails.
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Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: from Latin contemplat- ‘surveyed, observed, contemplated’, from the verb contemplari, based on templum ‘place for observation’.

Example Bank:
•Are you willing to contemplate retraining?
•He was very depressed and even contemplated suicide.
•How could you even contemplate such an idea?
•She contemplated a change of direction in her life
•She was seriously contemplating moving to Mexico.
•She was seriously contemplating working abroad.
•The thought of war was too awful to contemplate.
•We're contemplating the possibility of moving house.
•He's only 55, but he's already contemplating retirement.
•I can't contemplate what it would be like to be alone.