different between meditate vs examine

English

Etymology

From Latin meditatus, past participle of meditari (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”), in form as if frequentative of mederi (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Greek ?????? (meletô, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”)

Pronunciation

Verb

meditate (third-person singular simple present meditates, present participle meditating, simple past and past participle meditated)

1. (intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
2. (intransitive) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.
3. (transitive) To consider; to reflect on.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ponder

Related terms

• meditative
• meditation
• meditator

Translations

Further reading

• meditate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• meditate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• admittee, datetime

Italian

Verb

meditate

1. second-person plural present indicative of meditare
2. second-person plural imperative of meditare
3. feminine plural of meditato

Latin

Participle

medit?te

1. vocative masculine singular of medit?tus

References

• meditate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• meditate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• examin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English examinen, examenen, from Old French examiner, from Latin ex?min?re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???zæm?n/
• Hyphenation: ex?am?ine

Verb

examine (third-person singular simple present examines, present participle examining, simple past and past participle examined)

1. to observe or inspect carefully or critically

2. to check the health or condition of something or someone

3. to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination
4. to interrogate

Synonyms

• pore over, undersee

Hyponyms

• cross examine
• re-examine

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• look at

French

Verb

examine

1. first-person singular present indicative of examiner
2. third-person singular present indicative of examiner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of examiner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of examiner
5. second-person singular imperative of examiner

Latin

Noun

ex?mine

1. ablative singular of ex?men

Portuguese

Verb

examine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of examinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of examinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of examinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of examinar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?sa?mine/, [e??.sa?mi.ne]

Verb

examine

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of examinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of examinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of examinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of examinar.