ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
Ingles
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
PANDIWA
C1
FORMAL
1
Padron ng paggamit:
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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
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.
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
Kahulugan
think deeply for a long time
Mga kolokasyon
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
Mga kasingkahulugan
ponder (Neutral and fairly formal; focuses on careful thought.)
|
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.)
Mga kasalungat
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
Mga tema
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
Depinisyon
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.
PANDIWA
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
Padron ng paggamit:
[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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
Kahulugan
chew cud (as some animals do)
Mga kolokasyon
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
Mga kasingkahulugan
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
Mga kasalungat
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
Mga tema
animals
|biology
|food
Depinisyon
(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.
Gramatika
Anyo sa diksyunaryo
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
Mga pantig at diin
ru - min - ate (3 pantig)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
Mga anyo ng salita
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
Mga ekspresyon
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
Mga Halimbawa
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- 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
Mga Halimbawa
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- She ruminated over the decision.