to ponder
Third Person
ponders
Present Participle
pondering
Past Tense
pondered
Past Participle
pondered
1
to give careful thought to something, its various aspects, implications, or possibilities
transitive
- She pondered her options carefully, weighing the pros and cons of different career paths.
- As a new parent, she found herself pondering questions of morality and responsibility more than ever before.
- I often ponder what might have been if I had taken a different fork in the road years ago.
- I sat by the lake and pondered the deep questions about life, the universe, and everything.