English-Thai Dictionary

meditation

N การทำสมาธิ  การ เข้าฌาน  deliberation contemplation kan-tam-sa-ma-ti

 

meditation

N การไตร่ตรอง  การครุ่นคิด  การ พิจารณา  การ ใคร่ครวญ  deliberation contemplation kan-tri-trong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MEDITATION

n.[L. meditatio.] Close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation. Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MEDITATION

Med `i *ta "tion, n. Etym: [OE. meditacioun, F. méditation, fr. L.meditatio.]

 

1. The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight. Ps. xix. 14.

 

2. Thought; -- without regard to kind. [Obs. ] With wings as swift As meditation or the thoughts of love. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

meditation

med i ta tion |ˌmedəˈtāSHən ˌmɛdəˈteɪʃən | ▶noun the action or practice of meditating: a life of meditation. • a written or spoken discourse expressing considered thoughts on a subject: his later letters are intense meditations on man's exploitation of his fellows. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, from Latin meditatio (n- ), from meditari (see meditate ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

meditation

medi |ta ¦tion |mɛdɪˈteɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or practice of meditating: a life of meditation. • [ count noun ] a written or spoken discourse expressing considered thoughts on a subject: this is not a mythopoetic meditation on manhood, it's a historical study. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, from Latin meditatio (n- ), from meditari (see meditate ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

meditation

meditation noun cultivating the presence of God through meditation: contemplation, thought, thinking, musing, pondering, consideration, reflection, deliberation, rumination, brooding, reverie, brown study, concentration; prayer; formal cogitation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

meditation

meditation noun cultivating the presence of God in meditation and prayer: contemplation, thought, thinking, musing, pondering, consideration, reflection, prayer, deliberation, study, rumination, cogitation, brooding, mulling over, reverie, brown study, concentration, speculation; rare cerebration.

 

Duden Dictionary

Meditation

Me di ta ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Meditati o n |die Meditation; Genitiv: der Meditation, Plural: die Meditationen lateinisch meditatio = das Nachdenken, zu: meditari, meditieren 1 bildungssprachlich [sinnende ] Betrachtung religiöse Meditationen | in Meditation versinken 2 Religion, Psychologie, Philosophie mystische, kontemplative Versenkung

 

French Dictionary

méditation

méditation n. f. nom féminin Réflexion. : Elle a un penchant pour la méditation. Un sujet de méditation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

meditation

med i ta tion /mèdɪtéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U (リラックス法 宗教的行為としての )瞑想 （めいそう ）.2 C 〖通例 ～s 〗U 熟考 (すること ), 黙想 ; 瞑想 ▸ spend most of the time in deep meditation 大部分の時間を深く瞑想して過ごす .3 C «…に関する » 瞑想録 «on » .