Meaning of "cogitate" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COGITATE

From Latin cōgitāre, from co- (intensive) + agitāre to turn over, agitate.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF COGITATE

ˈkɒdʒɪˌteɪt

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COGITATE

Cogitate is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb cogitate in English.

WHAT DOES COGITATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Meditation

Meditation is a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness, either to realize some benefit or as an end in itself. The term meditation refers to a broad variety of practices that includes techniques designed to promote relaxation, build internal energy or life force and develop compassion, love, patience, generosity and forgiveness. A particularly ambitious form of meditation aims at effortlessly sustained single-pointed concentration single-pointed analysis, meant to enable its practitioner to enjoy an indestructible sense of well-being while engaging in any life activity. The word meditation carries different meanings in different contexts. Meditation has been practiced since antiquity as a component of numerous religious traditions and beliefs. Meditation often involves an internal effort to self-regulate the mind in some way. Meditation is often used to clear the mind and ease many health issues, such as high blood pressure, depression, and anxiety. It may be done sitting, or in an active way—for instance, Buddhist monks involve awareness in their day-to-day activities as a form of mind-training.

Definition of cogitate in the English dictionary

The definition of cogitate in the dictionary is to think deeply about ; ponder.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO COGITATE

PRESENT

Present

I cogitate

you cogitate

he/she/it cogitates

we cogitate

you cogitate

they cogitate

Present continuous

I am cogitating

you are cogitating

he/she/it is cogitating

we are cogitating

you are cogitating

they are cogitating

Present perfect

I have cogitated

you have cogitated

he/she/it has cogitated

we have cogitated

you have cogitated

they have cogitated

Present perfect continuous

I have been cogitating

you have been cogitating

he/she/it has been cogitating

we have been cogitating

you have been cogitating

they have been cogitating

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I cogitated

you cogitated

he/she/it cogitated

we cogitated

you cogitated

they cogitated

Past continuous

I was cogitating

you were cogitating

he/she/it was cogitating

we were cogitating

you were cogitating

they were cogitating

Past perfect

I had cogitated

you had cogitated

he/she/it had cogitated

we had cogitated

you had cogitated

they had cogitated

Past perfect continuous

I had been cogitating

you had been cogitating

he/she/it had been cogitating

we had been cogitating

you had been cogitating

they had been cogitating

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will cogitate

you will cogitate

he/she/it will cogitate

we will cogitate

you will cogitate

they will cogitate

Future continuous

I will be cogitating

you will be cogitating

he/she/it will be cogitating

we will be cogitating

you will be cogitating

they will be cogitating

Future perfect

I will have cogitated

you will have cogitated

he/she/it will have cogitated

we will have cogitated

you will have cogitated

they will have cogitated

Future perfect continuous

I will have been cogitating

you will have been cogitating

he/she/it will have been cogitating

we will have been cogitating

you will have been cogitating

they will have been cogitating

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would cogitate

you would cogitate

he/she/it would cogitate

we would cogitate

you would cogitate

they would cogitate

Conditional continuous

I would be cogitating

you would be cogitating

he/she/it would be cogitating

we would be cogitating

you would be cogitating

they would be cogitating

Conditional perfect

I would have cogitate

you would have cogitate

he/she/it would have cogitate

we would have cogitate

you would have cogitate

they would have cogitate

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been cogitating

you would have been cogitating

he/she/it would have been cogitating

we would have been cogitating

you would have been cogitating

they would have been cogitating

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you cogitate
we let´s cogitate
you cogitate

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to cogitate

Past participle

cogitated

Present Participle

cogitating

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «COGITATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cogitate» and belong to the same grammatical category.

consider · contemplate · deliberate · meditate · muse · ponder · reflect · ruminate · think

TRANSLATION OF COGITATE

Find out the translation of cogitate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of cogitate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cogitate» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: cogitate
• Translator English - Spanish: cogitate
• English: cogitate
• Translator English - Hindi: सोचना
• Translator English - Arabic: هدس
• Translator English - Russian: размышлять
• Translator English - Portuguese: cogitar
• Translator English - Bengali: মনন করা
• Translator English - French: réfléchir
• Translator English - Malay: Cogitate
• Translator English - German: nachdenken
• Translator English - Japanese: cogitate
• Translator English - Korean: cogitate
• Translator English - Javanese: Cogitate
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nghi ngợi
• Translator English - Tamil: எண்ணு
• Translator English - Marathi: संवेदना
• Translator English - Turkish: düşünmek
• Translator English - Italian: cogitare
• Translator English - Polish: cogitate
• Translator English - Ukrainian: роздумувати
• Translator English - Romanian: cugeta
• Translator English - Greek: συλλογίζομαι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: overpeinzen
• Translator English - Swedish: cogitate
• Translator English - Norwegian: cogitate

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COGITATE»

Discover the use of cogitate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cogitate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Cogitate the Context!: A demand on more linguistic ...

ESSAY von Daniela Schröder Master Studiengang Sustainability Science im Seminar „Verantwortung und Wissenschaft in der globalisierten Welt" WiSe 2011/ 2012 – Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Abgabe: 13.01.2012 Cogitate the Context!

Daniela Schröder, 2013

Tape Op: The Book about Creative Music Recording

I began working with visual images in the recording studio after reading about Dr. John Lilly's repeating word tape loop experiments in his book The Center of the Cyclone. He would record a single word such as "cogitate"and loop it. I should ...

Larry Crane, 2010

Critique of Pure Reason

By whatever and by whatever number of predicates — even to the complete determination of it — I may cogitate a thing I do not in the least augment the object of my conception by the addition of the statement, this thing exists. Otherwise, not ...

Immanuel Kant, 1900

Aristotle, ed. by A. Bain and G.C. Robertson

Again, whether we assume its Essence to be Cogitation actual or Cogitation potential, what does it cogitate ? It must cogitate either itself, or something different from itself; and, if the latter, either always the same Cogitatum, or sometimes one, ...

George Grote, Alexander Bain, 1880

Aristotle

It must cogitate either itself, or somethin different fiom itself; and, if the fitter, either always the same Cogitatum, or sometimes one, sometimes another. But is there no rlitferenr-e whether its Gugltatuin is honourable or vulgar? Are there not some  ...

George Grote, Alexander Bain, George Croom Robertson, 1883

Critique of pure reason, tr. by J.M.D. Meiklejohn

If I cogitate a thing as containing all modes of reality except one, the mode of reality which is absent is not added to the conception of the thing by the affirmation that the thing exists ; on the contrary, the thing exists — if it exist at all — with the ...

Immanuel Kant, 1855

SAT and ACT VOCABULARY BUILDING

FACETIOUS 3. Withthe aidof powerful binoculars I was able to a German sniper who was aiming his rifle directly at me. 3. DISCERN 4. Most people believe the main trait separating human from animal is the human's ability to . 4. COGITATE 5 .

Robert L. Crist, 2008

The World's Great Classics: Critique of pure reason, by I. Kant

By whatever and by whatever number of predicates — even to the complete determination of it — I may cogitate a thing I do not in the least augment the object of my conception by the addition of the statement, this thing exists. Otherwise, not ...

Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne, 1899

The Multilingual Mind: A Modular Processing Perspective

But when a sentence like Think about itis encountered, this CS fails to provide an appropriate representation, as glauben does not have this 'cogitate' meaning. If an accurate representation of the sentence's meaning can nevertheless be ...

Michael Sharwood Smith, John Truscott, 2014

THE WORLD'S GREAT CLASSICS

By whatever and by whatever number of predicates — even to the complete determination of it — I may cogitate a thing I do not in the least augment the object of my conception by the addition of the statement, this thing exists. Otherwise, not ...

TIMOTHY DWIGHT, D.D. LLD., 1899

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COGITATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cogitate is used in the context of the following news items.

Monogrammed festival wellies: at last, a surefire way to identify …

Truly, at least a week is what is necessary in order to cogitate, consider and, indeed, collect one's thoughts on this momentous matter. Are floral ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

IBM sets and serves up continuing Wimbledon wins

While the cognitive Watson continues to cogitate and the combative Heather Watson still dreams of one day being the first British female ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Fourth July: Al Jazeera Rubs Americans Up the Wrong Way

American society is a brutal world of intense competition where there is no room for the straggler, those who wish to cogitate and ruminate are ... «Daily Squib, Jul 15»

Dennis O'Neil: Is Superman Super-Smart?

Maybe he is really bright and it's just easier to toss a problem to Jupiter than cogitate about it. But the question is there. I mean, if he's so smart ... «Comicmix.com, Jul 15»

As Fears Over Artificial Intelligence Grow, a Robot Kills a Worker in a …

Meanwhile, as thinkers cogitate on the possible futures of AI, a worker in Germany was killed while trying to repair a manufacturing robot in a ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»

Down With Netflix

With a show like “Mad Men,” you actually needed a week to figure out what had just happened and cogitate on what it all meant. But with ... «MediaPost Communications, Jun 15»

Why I'm Never Retiring – And Why You May Not, Either

... I can't continue to do the work I love and am good at for as long as I can continue to ambulate, cogitate, communicate and take nourishment. «Newswire, Jun 15»

Ask John Neely Bryan: How Exciting Is the Texas Rangers' Joey …

For my own amusement, I far prefer to cogitate upon a gorgeous outside water shot driven to the goal from beyond the 5-meter line by the ... «D Magazine, Jun 15»

Scientific publishing: how have changes over the last 50 years …

When I get the typed script back I cogitate again and then reword it, and I might get another version typed.” Another change that interested the ... «The Guardian, May 15»

How you can have two bites of the cherry when looking to exit from …

The uncertainty of predicting your mortality and spending needs conspires against you, and you inevitably cogitate whether if you do retire you ... «WalesOnline, May 15»