ponder

ponder
1. transitive verb
nachdenken über (+ Akk.) [Frage, Problem, Ereignis]; bedenken [Folgen]; abwägen [Vorteile, Worte]
2. intransitive verb
nachdenken (over, on über + Akk.)
* * *
['pondə]
verb
(to consider carefully: He pondered (on) the suggestion.) nachsinnen
* * *
pon·der
[ˈpɒndəʳ, AM ˈpɑ:ndɚ]
I. vt
to \ponder sth etw durchdenken
II. vi nachdenken
he appeared to be \pondering deeply er schien tief in Gedanken versunken
to \ponder on [or over] sth über etw akk nachdenken, sich dat über etw akk Gedanken machen
to \ponder whether/why ... sich akk fragen, ob/warum ...
* * *
['pɒndə(r)]
1. vt
nachdenken über (+acc); possibilities, consequences etc erwägen, bedenken
2. vi
nachdenken (on, over über +acc)
* * *
ponder [ˈpɒndə; US ˈpɑndər]
A v/i (on, over) nachdenken, -sinnen, -grübeln (über akk), grübeln (über akk oder dat):
make sb ponder jemanden nachdenklich stimmen, jemandem zu denken geben
B v/t erwägen (auch doing sth etwas zu tun), überlegen, nachdenken über (akk):
ponder one’s words seine Worte abwägen
* * *
1. transitive verb
nachdenken über (+ Akk.) [Frage, Problem, Ereignis]; bedenken [Folgen]; abwägen [Vorteile, Worte]
2. intransitive verb
nachdenken (over, on über + Akk.)
* * *
v.
abwägen v.
erwägen v.
überlegen v.

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