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{
"term": "ponder",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "ponder",
"heSheIt": "ponders"
},
"pastSimple": "pondered",
"pastParticiple": "pondered",
"ingForm": "pondering"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to think about something carefully for a period of time",
"sensetop": "ponder over somethingponder on somethingponder somethingponder whether, what, etc…+ speech",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She pondered over his words.",
"contextForm": "ponder over something"
},
{
"text": "They were left to ponder on the implications of the announcement.",
"contextForm": "ponder on something"
},
{
"text": "The senator pondered the question for a moment.",
"contextForm": "ponder something"
},
{
"text": "We intend to ponder all the alternatives before acting."
},
{
"text": "They are pondering whether the money could be better used elsewhere.",
"contextForm": "ponder whether, what, etc…"
},
{
"text": "‘I wonder why,’ she pondered aloud.",
"contextForm": "+ speech"
},
{
"text": "She pondered for a moment before replying."
},
{
"text": "This was something I had been pondering about for some time."
},
{
"text": "I walked up the stairs, pondering on her reaction to my news."
},
{
"text": "I pondered hard over the reply to his letter."
},
{
"text": "Spencer stopped to ponder the thought."
}
],
"synonyms": "consider",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "deeply", "hard"],
"verb + ponder": ["leave somebody to", "be forced to", "pause to"],
"preposition": ["about", "on", "over"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɒndə(r)/",
"audio": "po/ponder/ponder__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɒndəz/",
"audio": "po/ponder/ponders__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɒndəd/",
"audio": "po/ponder/pondered__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɒndərɪŋ/",
"audio": "po/ponder/pondering__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːndər/",
"audio": "po/ponder/ponder__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːndərz/",
"audio": "po/ponder/ponders__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːndərd/",
"audio": "po/ponder/pondered__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːndərɪŋ/",
"audio": "po/ponder/pondering__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "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’."
}