meditation

[ med-i-tey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of meditating.
2. continued or extended thought; reflection; contemplation.
3. Transcendental Meditation.
4. devout religious contemplation or spiritual introspection.

meditation

/ ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of meditating; contemplation; reflection
2. contemplation of spiritual matters, esp as a religious practice

Word History and Origins

Origin of meditation¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; from Latin meditātiōn-, stem of meditātiō “contemplation, planning”; equivalent to meditate + -ion

Example Sentences

Before reading the book, I thought that meditation was fake and a bunch of gobbledygook.

From Fortune

And, Frawley feels, it re-centers the individual’s internal lack of happiness as a problem to be fixed with medication or meditation — turning them into a patient rather than someone exercising agency.

From Ozy

Other companies may take a different approach to this — that could be a regular team meal, some kind of meditation or something else entirely — but the point is the same.

From Digiday

There are headbands that claim to use EEGs to measure your brain activity and then use that data to do anything from enhancing meditation to piloting a drone.

From Vox

A user could measure the level before and after using a meditation app, for example, Fitbit says.

From Fortune

He turns a visit to a prefab home emporium into a meditation on wealth as a path to spiritual legitimacy.

From The Daily Beast

And critics say that celebrity meditation-boosters like Arianna Huffington and David Lynch offer more flash than substance.

From The Daily Beast

One million Americans are taking up mindfulness meditation each year.

From The Daily Beast

In recent years, mindfulness meditation, which is derived from Buddhist Vipassana techniques, has exploded in popularity.

From The Daily Beast

Meditation is all about training yourself to “course correct in thinking and movement,” says Gervais.

From The Daily Beast

The hum of earnest or glad voices here contrasted strongly with silence and meditation there.

From Project Gutenberg

For forty years Anastatia Dodd had lived in maiden meditation fancy free.

From Project Gutenberg

He continued to walk the room from hour to hour, in perturbed meditation on all that he had seen and heard through the day.

From Project Gutenberg

We recommend the subject for meditation to the profoundest metaphysicians.

From Project Gutenberg

Lofty trees cast their gigantic shadows along the ground, and promised a secure asylum to peaceful meditation.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• introspection
• reflection
• rumination
• self-examination