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Main Entry:	deliberate [adj. dih-lib-er-it; v. dih-lib-uh-reyt] Show IPA
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	think about seriously; discuss
Synonyms:	argue, bat it around, cerebrate, chew over, cogitate, consider, consult, contemplate, debate, excogitate, hammer away at, judge, kick around, knock around, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, pour it on, put on thinking cap, rack brains, reason, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, run up a flagpole, speculate, stew over, study, sweat over, talk over, turn over, weigh

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Main Entry:	ponder
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	think about seriously
Synonyms:	appraise, brood, build castles in air, cerebrate, cogitate, consider, contemplate, daydream, debate, deliberate, dwell, evaluate, examine, excogitate, figure, give thought to, meditate, mind, moon*, mull, mull over, muse, noodle around, perpend, pipe dream, put on thinking cap, puzzle over, reason, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, study, think out, think over, turn over, weigh, woolgather
Antonyms:	forget, ignore, neglect

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	ratiocinate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	think
Synonyms:	analyze, appraise, appreciate, brood, cerebrate, cogitate, comprehend, conceive, consider, deduce, deliberate, estimate, evaluate, examine, figure out*, have in mind, ideate, imagine, infer, intellectualize, judge, logicalize, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brains, rationalize, reason, reflect, resolve, revolve, ruminate, sort out, speculate, stew, stop to consider, study, take under consideration, turn over, use one's head, use one's head, weigh

* = informal/non-formal usage
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