ponder
verb
[ ˈpɒndə ]
• think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion.
• "I pondered the question of what clothes to wear for the occasion"
Similar:
think about,
give thought to,
consider,
review,
reflect on,
mull over,
contemplate,
study,
meditate on,
muse on,
deliberate about,
cogitate on,
dwell on,
brood on/over,
ruminate about/on,
chew over,
puzzle over,
speculate about,
weigh up,
turn over in one's mind,
be in a brown study,
pore on,
cerebrate,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘appraise, judge the worth of’): from Old French ponderer ‘consider’, from Latin ponderare ‘weigh, reflect on’, from pondus, ponder- ‘weight’.
