ponder

ponder
verb
ADVERB
▪ carefully, deeply, hard, seriously
▪ (for) a moment
▪

She pondered for a moment before replying.

▪ quietly, silently
▪ aloud
▪

She pondered aloud the question of what should be done.

VERB + PONDER
▪ leave sb to
▪

He walked out of the room, leaving me to ponder what he had just said.

▪ be forced to
▪ pause to, stop to
▪

Spencer stopped to ponder the thought.

PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪

This was something I had been pondering about for some time.

▪ on
▪

I walked up the stairs, pondering on her reaction to my news.

▪ over
▪

I pondered hard over the reply to his letter.

Ponder is used with these nouns as the object: ↑fate, ↑future, ↑implication, ↑meaning, ↑move, ↑mystery, ↑predicament, ↑question, ↑situation

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