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01. Anne likes to [meditate] for ten minutes every evening in order to relax.
02. The Buddha showed us that [meditation] is the key to enlightenment.
03. He has been [meditating] on the problem for a couple of days now.
04. She practices yoga and [meditation] as a relief from her busy workday.
05. We walked along the beach, lost in [meditation], for over an hour.
06. The novel is a long [meditation] on the importance of spirituality in modern living.
07. Deep in a [meditative] state, the man was able to slow both his heart and respiratory rates.
08. Author Boris Pasternak once suggested that art always [meditates] on death, and thus always creates life.
09. Aristotle once observed that all who have [meditated] on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.
10. Philosopher Krishnamurti once remarked that [meditation] is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.
11. Bill Dana once said that the four leading ways of breaking tension are: taking drugs, [meditating], exercising, and laughing.
12. The Chinese art of tai chi emphasizes complete relaxation, and can be considered a form of [meditation].
13. Zen Buddhism encourages individuals to seek the Buddha nature within themselves, and to practice a disciplined form of sitting [meditation].
14. Sathya Sai Baba once suggested that [meditation] is nothing else but rising above desires.
15. Sathya Sai Baba once noted that whenever and wherever you put yourself in touch with God, that is the state of [meditation].
16. The essence of the Buddha's teaching is contained in the practice of [meditation].
17. The practice of [meditation] was taught by the Buddha 2,500 years ago.
18. As Beethoven lost his hearing, his compositions came to have a more [meditative] character.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Meditate — Med i*tate, v. t. 1. To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study. Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things. Ecclus. xiv. 20. [1913 Webster] 2. To purpose; to intend; to design; to plan by revolving in the mind; as, to meditate… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Meditate — Med i*tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Meditated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Meditating}.] [L. meditatus, p. p. of meditari to meditate; cf. Gr. ? to learn, E. mind.] To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • meditate — ► VERB 1) focus one s mind for a time for spiritual purposes or for relaxation. 2) (meditate on/about) think carefully about. ORIGIN Latin meditari contemplate , related to METE(Cf. ↑mete) …   English terms dictionary

  • meditate — [med′ə tāt΄] vt. meditated, meditating [< L meditatus, pp. of meditari, to meditate: for base see MEDICAL] 1. Rare to reflect upon; study; ponder 2. to plan or intend vi. 1. to think deeply and continuously; reflect; muse 2. to engage …   English World dictionary

  • meditate — index concentrate (pay attention), deliberate, muse, ponder, reflect (ponder), study Burton s Lega …   Law dictionary

  • meditate on — index brood, consider Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • meditate — (v.) 1580s, to ponder, back formation from MEDITATION (Cf. meditation), or else from L. meditatus, pp. of meditari (see MEDITATION (Cf. meditation)). Related: Meditated; meditating …   Etymology dictionary

  • meditate — *ponder, muse, ruminate Analogous words: contemplate, *consider, study, weigh: reflect, reason, speculate, deliberate, *think, cogitate: examine, inspect, *scrutinize …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • meditate — [v] contemplate brood over, cogitate, consider, deliberate, design, devise, dream, entertain idea*, figure, have in mind*, intend, moon*, mull over, muse, plan, ponder, purpose, put on thinking cap*, puzzle over, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate …   New thesaurus

  • meditate — v. 1) to meditate deeply 2) (D; intr.) to meditate on, upon * * * [ medɪteɪt] upon (D; intr.) to meditate on to meditate deeply …   Combinatory dictionary

  • meditate — [c]/ˈmɛdəteɪt / (say meduhtayt) verb (meditated, meditating) –verb (i) 1. to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect: *I went out to swing in my hammock and meditate upon things in general. –miles franklin, 1901. 2. to discipline the mind so… …  

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