ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
Englisch
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
VERB
C1
FORMAL
1
Verwendungsmuster:
ruminate (on/over) [something]
After the meeting, he went for a walk to ruminate on the feedback.
Az értekezlet után elment sétálni, hogy eltöprengjen a visszajelzésen.
She kept ruminating over her reply and ended up sending nothing.
Folyton a válaszán rágódott, és végül semmit sem küldött el.
It’s easy to ruminate on past mistakes, but it rarely helps.
Beispiele für Lernende
I ruminated on my choices all night.
Egész éjjel a döntéseimen töprengtem.
Try not to ruminate over small problems.
Próbálj meg nem rágódni apró problémákon.
Häufiger Fehler:
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
Bedeutung
think deeply for a long time
Wortverbindungen
ruminate on the past
|ruminate on a decision
|ruminate over a problem
|ruminate on what happened
|sit and ruminate
|lie awake ruminating
|quietly ruminate
|ruminate endlessly
|ruminate at length
|ruminate about mistakes
Synonyme
ponder (Neutral and fairly formal; focuses on careful thought.)
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mull over (More conversational; suggests thinking something over repeatedly.)
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reflect (Often calmer and less stuck than ruminate.)
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brood (More negative; suggests gloomy, obsessive thinking.)
Antonyme
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
Themen
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
Definition
to think about something deeply for a long time
To think carefully and for a long time about something, often turning it over repeatedly in your mind.
VERB
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
Verwendungsmuster:
[animal] ruminates
Cows often ruminate for hours each day.
A tehenek gyakran naponta órákon át kérődznek.
You can see the sheep ruminating quietly in the pasture.
Láthatod, ahogy a juhok csendben kérődznek a legelőn.
Deer may ruminate in a safe spot after feeding.
Beispiele für Lernende
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
Häufiger Fehler:
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
Bedeutung
chew cud (as some animals do)
Wortverbindungen
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
Synonyme
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
Antonyme
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
Themen
animals
|biology
|food
Definition
(of some animals) to chew food again after swallowing it
(Of cattle, sheep, and similar animals) to bring partly digested food back up from the stomach and chew it again.
Grammatik
Grundform
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
Silben & Betonung
ru - min - ate (3 Silben)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
Wortformen
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
Ausdrücke
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
Beispiele
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
Beispiele für Lernende
- I ruminated on my exam results.
ruminate over [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈoʊvɚ sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
turn something over in your mind
to keep thinking about something again and again
Beispiele
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
Beispiele für Lernende
- She ruminated over the decision.