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Meditation Definition

meditation

See also Meditation, and méditation

Contents

English

Wikipedia has an article on: Meditation

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Etymology

From Latin meditatio, from meditatus, the past participle of meditārī (“to meditate, to think over, consider”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, limit, consider, advise”).

Noun

meditation (countable and uncountable; plural meditations)

  1. A devotional exercise of, or leading to contemplation
  2. A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.

Related terms

Danish

Etymology

From meditere (“to meditate”), from Latin meditārī (“to meditate, to think over, consider”).

Pronunciation

Noun

meditation c. (singular definite meditationen, plural indefinite meditationer)

  1. meditation
  2. pondering

Inflection

Inflection of meditation
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative meditation meditationen meditationer meditationerne
genitive meditations meditationens meditationers meditationernes

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