Ponder

Ponder

Ponder can mean:

* To engage in thought

It can also refer to:

*Ponder, Texas, a town in the United States

*Glen Ponder, a character in the UK comedy series "Knowing Me, Knowing You"

*James Ponder (1819–1897), an American merchant and politician


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  • Ponder — Lage von Ponder in Texas Basisdaten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ponder — Pon der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pondered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pondering}.] [L. ponderare, fr. pondus, ponderis, a weight, fr. pendere to weigh: cf. F. pond[ e]rer. See {Pendant}, and cf. {Pound} a weight.] [1913 Webster] 1. To weigh. [Obs.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ponder — ponder, meditate, muse, ruminate can mean to consider or examine something attentively, seriously, and with more or less deliberation. Ponder characteristically retains its original implication of weighing and usually suggests consideration of a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Ponder — Ponder, TX U.S. town in Texas Population (2000): 507 Housing Units (2000): 205 Land area (2000): 3.174507 sq. miles (8.221936 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.174507 sq. miles (8.221936 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Ponder, TX — U.S. town in Texas Population (2000): 507 Housing Units (2000): 205 Land area (2000): 3.174507 sq. miles (8.221936 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.174507 sq. miles (8.221936 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • ponder — (v.) early 14c., to estimate the worth of, to appraise, from O.Fr. ponderare to weigh, poise, from L. ponderare to ponder, to consider, lit. to weigh, from pondus (gen. ponderis) weigh (see POUND (Cf. pound) (n.1)). Meaning to weigh a matter… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Ponder — Pon der, v. i. To think; to deliberate; to muse; usually followed by on or over. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ponder — I verb analyze, apply the mind, appraise, brood over, cerebrate, cogitate, commune with oneself, concentrate upon, consider, considerare, contemplate, debate, deliberate, devote thought to, digest, evaluate, examine, excogitate, give thought to,… …   Law dictionary

  • ponder — pònder m DEFINICIJA 1. ekon. faktor važnosti za ponderiranje, iskazuje se apsolutno ili relativno 2. psih. relativni doprinos nekog rezultata u zbroju dvaju ili više rezultata testa ispitanika ETIMOLOGIJA vidi ponderirati …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • ponder — [v] think about seriously 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,… …   New thesaurus

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