ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
Inglês
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
VERBO
C1
FORMAL
1
Padrão de uso:
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.
Exemplos para aprendentes
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.
Erro comum:
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
Significado
think deeply for a long time
Colocações
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
Sinónimos
ponder (Neutral and fairly formal; focuses on careful thought.)
|
mull over (More conversational; suggests thinking something over repeatedly.)
|
reflect (Often calmer and less stuck than ruminate.)
|
brood (More negative; suggests gloomy, obsessive thinking.)
Antónimos
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
Temas
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
Definição
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.
VERBO
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
Padrão de uso:
[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.
Exemplos para aprendentes
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
Erro comum:
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
Significado
chew cud (as some animals do)
Colocações
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
Sinónimos
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
Antónimos
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
Temas
animals
|biology
|food
Definição
(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.
Gramática
Forma de dicionário
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
Sílabas e acento
ru - min - ate (3 sílabas)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
Formas da palavra
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
Expressões
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
Exemplos
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
Exemplos para aprendentes
- 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
Exemplos
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
Exemplos para aprendentes
- She ruminated over the decision.