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Definition: PONDERED |
PONDEREDImperative & past participle1. Of Ponder |
Date "PONDERED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Crosswords: PONDERED |
| English words defined with "PONDERED": Unweighed. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PONDERED": BABE ♦ Female. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | What, you're gonna tell me you never pondered that (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramón De España) Not a pilot going, boy, hasn't pondered all that, and doesn't sometimes wonder whether he's gained most or lost most by learning this trade (Life on the Mississippi; writing credit: Philip H. Reisman Jr.; Mark Twain) | |
Lyrics | Lately I have desperately pondered, (Lovefool; performing artist: The Cardigans; writing credit: Persson, Svensson) | |
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| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | She pondered, but could think of nothing |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Fauchelevent pondered. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The tenant pondered. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. The Maker, at Creation's birth, With living things had stocked the earth. From elephants to bats and snails, They all were good, for all were males. But when the Devil came and saw He said: "By Thine eternal law Of growth, maturity, decay, These all must quickly pass away And leave untenanted the earth Unless Thou dost establish birth" -- Then tucked his head beneath his wing To laugh -- he had no sleeve -- the thing With deviltry did so accord, That he'd suggested to the Lord. The Master pondered this advice, Then shook and threw the fateful dice Wherewith all matters here below Are ordered, and observed the throw; Then bent His head in awful state, Confirming the decree of Fate. From every part of earth anew The conscious dust consenting flew, While rivers from their courses rolled To make it plastic for the mould. Enough collected (but no more, For niggard Nature hoards her store) He kneaded it to flexible clay, While Nick unseen threw some away. And then the various forms He cast, Gross organs first and finer last; No one at once evolved, but all By even touches grew and small Degrees advanced, till, shade by shade, To match all living things He'd made Females, complete in all their parts Except (His clay gave out) the hearts. "No matter," Satan cried; "with speed I'll fetch the very hearts they need" -- So flew away and soon brought back The number needed, in a sack. That night earth range with sounds of strife -- Ten million males each had a wife; That night sweet Peace her pinions spread O'er Hell -- ten million devils dead! G.J. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "PONDERED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 84.55% of the time. "PONDERED" is used about 246 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 84.55% | 208 | 21,075 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 15.45% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Total | 100.00% | 246 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "PONDERED": long-pondered. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pondered | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PONDERED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | sinnierte, grübelte (mused), erwogen. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onderedpay.(various references) | |
Swedish | funderat på. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 2, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | H de mariam panta sunethrei ta rhmata tauta sumballousa en th kardia authV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Maria autem conservabat omnia verba haec conferens in corde suo |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Maria geheold ealle þas word on hyre heortan smeagende; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But Marie kepte alle these wordis, berynge togider in hir herte. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But Mary kept all thoose sayinges and pondered them in hyr hert. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them. |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 2, Verse 19 |
| Cebuano | Apan kining tanang mga butanga gitipigan ni Maria nga namalandong niini diha sa iyang kasingkasing. |
| Croatian | Marija u sebi pohranjivaše sve te dogaðaje i prebiraše ih u svome srcu. |
| Danish | Men Maria gemte alle disse Ord og overvejede dem i sit Hjerte. |
| Dutch | Doch Maria bewaarde deze woorden alle te zamen, overleggende die in haar hart. |
| Finnish | Mutta Maria kätki kaikki nämä sanat ja tutkisteli niitä sydämessänsä. |
| French | Marie gardait toutes ces choses, et les repassait dans son coeur. |
| German | Maria aber behielt alle diese Worte und bewegte sie in ihrem Herzen. |
| Hungarian | Mária pedig mind ez ígéket megtartja, és szívében forgatja vala. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi Maria menyimpan semua itu di dalam hatinya dan merenungkannya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi Maryam menyimpan sekalian perkataan ini, sambil berpikir di dalam hatinya. |
| Italian | Maria, da parte sua, serbava tutte queste cose meditandole nel suo cuore. |
| Korean | 마 리 아 " 이 모 " 말 을 마 음 에 지 키 어 생 각 하 니 라 |
| Latvian | Bet Marija glabâja visus ðos vârdus, pârdomâdama savâ sirdî. |
| Maori | Ko Meri ia i ata rongoa i enei mea katoa, me te whakaaroaro i roto i tona ngakau. |
| Norwegian | men Maria gjemte alle disse ord og grundet på dem i sitt hjerte. |
| Portuguese | Maria, porém, guardava todas estas coisas, meditando-as em seu coração. |
| Rumanian | Maria pqstra toate cuvintele acelea, wi se gkndea la ele kn inima ei. |
| Russian | б нБТЙС УПИТБОСМБ ЧУЕ УМПЧБ УЙЙ, УМБЗБС Ч УЕТ""Е уЧПЕН. |
| Shuar | Túrasha Marikia Ashí Túrunamia nuna ni Enentáijiainkia Enentáimtu pujumiayi. |
| Swahili | Lakini Maria aliyaweka na kuyatafakari mambo hayo yote moyoni mwake. |
| Swedish | Men Maria gömde och begrundade allt detta i sitt hjärta. |
| Uma | Aga Maria mpotimamahi hawe'ea to jadi' toe hi rala nono-na, pai' ntora napenonoi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"PONDERED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: penderel, pincered, podgered, Podiebrad, pointered, Pomerol, ponderas, ponderer, pondred, Ponterwyd. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "PONDERED" (pronounced pÄ"nderd) |
| 5 | -Ä" n d er d | squandered, wandered. |
| 4 | -n d er d | blundered, laundered, engendered, floundered, foundered, gerrymandered, hindered, meandered, nonstandard, pandered, plundered, rendered, slandered, standard, substandard, surrendered, tendered, thundered, unhindered, wondered. |
| 3 | -d er d | bewildered, bordered, considered, disordered, embroidered, murdered, ordered, powdered, reconsidered, shouldered, shuddered. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-n-o-p-r" | |
-1 letter: deponed. | |
-2 letters: depend, depone, droned, eroded, nodder, opened, opener, pended, pereon, ponded, ponder, redden, redone, rended, reopen. | |
-3 letters: donee, doped, doper, dreed, drone, ended, ender, epode, erode, odder, pedro, pored, preed, preen, prone, reded, redon, roped. | |
-4 letters: deed, deep, deer, dene, dere, doer, done, dope, dore, dorp, dree, drop, eddo, erne, need, neep, nerd. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-e-n-o-p-r" | |
+1 letter: portended, propended, protended, responded. | |
+2 letters: promenaded. | |
+3 letters: depredation, preordained. | |
+4 letters: comprehended, corresponded, depredations, endoperoxide, nondepressed, overexpanded, predominated, underexposed, underpowered. | |
+5 letters: endoperoxides, overdependent, overresponded, preponderated, superabounded, underemployed, underreported. | |
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