Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pondering

/pˈɑndɚɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: pon-der-ing
IPA: /pˈɑndɚɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of ponder

noun

An act of rumination or cogitation.

Example Sentences

"Now all his ponderings, however excursive, wheeled round Isabel as their center; and back to her they came again from every excursion; and again derived some new, small germs for wonderment."
"Alas, it looked yesterday, when the Legislature returned to business, as if Premier Dalton McGuinty's peculiar maunderings and ponderings of the past several weeks risk making him just that."

Inflected Forms

ponderings (plural) more pondering (comparative) most pondering (superlative)

Derived Forms

ponderingly

Synonyms

consideration deliberation brooding broody contemplative meditative musing pensive reflective ruminative

Rhymes With

wandering squandering

Questions

How do you pronounce pondering?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɑndɚɪŋ/.
What does pondering mean?: present participle and gerund of ponder

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