meditation

UK: /ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃ^ən/ US: /ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən/ ,(med′i tā′shən)

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med•i•ta•tion /ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən/  n. 

1. the act of meditating:
   [uncountable] a state of meditation.
   [countable] In my meditations I came across that idea.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

med•i•ta•tion  (med′i tā′shən), n. 

1. the act of meditating.
2. continued or extended thought;
   reflection;
   contemplation.
3. Holistic Therapy See transcendental meditation. 
4. devout religious contemplation or spiritual introspection.

• Latin, as above
• Anglo-French
• Latin meditātiōn- (stem of meditātiō) a thinking over (see meditate, -ion); replacing Middle English meditacioun
• 1175–1225

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meditation / ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən/ noun

1. the act of meditating; contemplation; reflection
2. contemplation of spiritual matters, esp as a religious practice