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# pondering

verb form (from ponder: ponders, pondered, pondering)

«pondering» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

a character sits quietly, thinking hard about a choice or a puzzle

### Meaning

Pondering is thinking deeply and slowly about something; it is the -ing form of ponder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pondering/#m1)

### Examples

- Kai sat by the fire, pondering. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pondering/#x1)
- She stood in silence, pondering the question. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pondering/#x2)
- Pondering over the sums, Ben at last found his mistake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pondering/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pondering» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pondering/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pondering» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/pondering.html) on Mova free.