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meditatemeditate /ˈmɛdəˌteɪt/ verb ETYMOLOGYmeditateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of meditari VERB TABLEmeditate |
Present | I, you, we, they | meditate | | he, she, it | meditates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | meditated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have meditated | | he, she, it | has meditated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had meditated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will meditate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have meditated |
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Present | I | am meditating | | he, she, it | is meditating | | you, we, they | are meditating | Past | I, he, she, it | was meditating | | you, we, they | were meditating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been meditating | | he, she, it | has been meditating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been meditating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be meditating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been meditating |
1 [intransitive] to spend time sitting in a silent calm state, in order to relax completely or for religious purposes: I try to meditate every day.2[intransitive] to think seriously and deeply about something SYN contemplate: meditate on/upon She sat quietly, meditating on the day’s events.3[transitive] formal to plan to do something, usually something bad: Silently she meditated revenge. |