pondering

English

Verb

pondering

1. present participle and gerund of ponder

Noun

pondering (plural ponderings)

1. An act of rumination or cogitation.
   • 2009 February 18, Jim Coyle, “Spoofing of premier a bad omen”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     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.

Synonyms

• consideration, deliberation, See Thesaurus:consideration