contemplating
- 1Present participle and gerund of contemplate.
They are contemplating whether to sell the family home.
Contemplating the offer carefully, she asked for another week to decide.
Note
The -ing form does two jobs. After a form of be it makes the progressive (she is contemplating a change), and on its own it works as a noun, the gerund (contemplating the sea calms him). Both meanings of contemplate travel with it. Contemplating a painting means studying it with long attention, while contemplating a move means weighing it as a possibility. The object usually tells you which: a thing to look at, or a plan to weigh.
contemplating is a form of contemplate
contemplate, verb: To think about something as a possible course of action or likely outcome. Full entry
- Forms
- contemplatecontemplates he/she/itcontemplating -ing formcontemplated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- contemplate → contemplating: drop the e, add -ing
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