ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
Anglais
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
VERBE
C1
FORMAL
1
Schéma d’usage :
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.
Exemples pédagogiques
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.
Erreur fréquente :
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
Sens
think deeply for a long time
Collocations
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
Synonymes
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.)
Antonymes
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
Thèmes
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
Définition
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.
VERBE
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
Schéma d’usage :
[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.
Exemples pédagogiques
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
Erreur fréquente :
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
Sens
chew cud (as some animals do)
Collocations
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
Synonymes
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
Antonymes
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
Thèmes
animals
|biology
|food
Définition
(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.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
ruminate
API
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
Syllabes et accentuation
ru - min - ate (3 syllabes)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
Formes du mot
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
Expressions
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
Exemples
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
Exemples pédagogiques
- 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
Exemples
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
Exemples pédagogiques
- She ruminated over the decision.