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Definition: Meditation |
MeditationNoun1. A calm lengthy intent consideration. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "meditation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Meditation encompasses an extremely broad array of practices connected to many of the world's religious and philosophical traditions.
Meditation generally includes avoiding (though not harshly) random thought processes and fantasies, and a calming and focusing of the mind. It is not effortful, and can be experienced as just happening. Different practices involve focusing one's attention differently, and a variety of positions and postures including sitting cross-legged, standing, laying down, and walking (sometimes along designated floor patterns).
The stated purpose of meditation varies almost as much as the practices. It has been seen as a means of gaining experiential insight into the nature of reality (religious/spiritual or not), or communing with the Deity/Ultimate Reality. Even without the spiritual aspects, many have gained concentration, awareness, self-discipline and equanimity.
In the samadhi or shamatha, or concentrative, techniques of meditation, the mind is kept closely focused on a particular word, image, sound, person, or idea. This form of meditation is found in Buddhist and Hindu traditions including Yoga, in Medieval Christianity, Jewish Kabbalah, and in some modern metaphysical schools. Related to this method is the method developed by Eknath Easwaran. He called it "passage meditation" -- silent repetition in the mind of memorized inspirational passages from the world's great religions. As Easwaran says, "The slow, sustained concentration on these passages drives them deep into our minds; and whatever we drive deep into consciousness, that we become."
In Vipassana (insight, or seeing things as they are) meditation the mind is trained to notice each perception or thought that passes, but without "stopping" on any one. This is a characteristic form of meditation in Buddhism, especially in some Theravada traditions, and is also a component of zazen, the term for meditation practice in Zen. In at least some forms of vipassana, you do not attend to whatever perceptions arise, but purposely move your attention over your body part by part, checking for perceptions, being aware and equanimous with them, and moving on. This form of meditation has some resemblance with "choiceless awareness" the kind of meditation that Jiddu Krishnamurti talked about.
In annapuna meditation attention is focused on the breath.
See also: Qi, Qigong, Transcendental Meditation, Zen Meditation
External links
- 40 meditation practices in 4 positions http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/meditation.html
- http://www.dhamma.org/
- Blue Mountain Center of Meditation http://www.nilgiri.org/
- Jiddu Krishnamurti on meditation http://www.katinkahesselink.net/kr/meditate.htm
- Kanshoji Zen Tempel http://www.kanshoji.org/
- International Zen Association http://www.zen-azi.org/
- On the benefits of meditation in general and of Osho's dynamic meditations in particular
References
- Meditation The First And Last Freedom, by Osho
- The Book of the Secrets, commentaries on the 112 meditation techniques given by Shiva to his consort Devi, by Osho
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Meditation."
Synonyms: MeditationSynonyms: contemplation (n), musing (n), reflection (n), reflexion (n), rumination (n), thoughtfulness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Thought | Phrase: the mind being on the stretch; the mind turning upon, the head turning upon, the mind running upon; " divinely, bent to meditation "; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin; " fresh-pluckt from bowers of never-failing thought "; " go speed the stars of Thought "; " in maiden meditation fancy-free "; " so sweet is zealous contemplation "; " the power of thought is the magic of the Mind "; " those that think must govern those that toil "; " thought is parent of the deed ";Phrase: the mind being on the stretch; the mind turning upon, the head turning upon, the mind running upon; " divinely, bent to meditation "; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin; " fresh-pluckt from bowers of never-failing thought "; " go speed the stars of Thought "; " in maiden meditation fancy-free "; " so sweet is zealous contemplation "; " the power of thought is the magic of the Mind "; " those that think must govern those that toil "; " thought is parent of the deed "; " thoughts in attitudes imperious "; " thoughts that breathe and words that burn "; vivere est cogitare; Volk der Dichter und Denker. |
Noun: thought; exercitation of the intellect, exercise of the intellect; intellection; reflection, cogitation, consideration, meditation, study, lucubration, speculation, deliberation, pondering; head work, brain work; cerebration; deep reflection; close study, application; (attention). | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Meditation |
| English words defined with "meditation": Angle of total reflection ♦ brooding ♦ gymnosophy ♦ mantra, Meditance, Meditatist ♦ pensiveness ♦ retirement, retreat ♦ Thanatopsis ♦ Zen, Zen Buddhism. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "meditation": Cogitations, complementary and alternative medicine ♦ Editor ♦ Quiet time. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Meditation" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (meditation), Swedish (meditation). |
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Lyrics | Through every meditation and poem (Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again; performing artist: BARRY MANILOW) Let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our hearts (Rivers Of Babylon; performing artist: Boney M) | |
Clever | Adult Education Topic: How to be the ideal shopping companion. Relaxation, exercises, meditation and breathing techniques. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Meditation (1971) Yoga Journal's Yoga Practice for Meditation (1996) Visions in Meditation #4: D.H. Lawrence (1990) Meditation in Motion (1978) | |
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| "Meditation" by Ren Schroeder Commentary: "A house altar with candlelight and flower.." | "MEditation place" by vares Commentary: "A place I could sit down and feed birds, rest and think a litlle, could you.." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. |
Bhagavad Gita | When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place. |
Cumberland | This world has cares enough to plague us; but he who meditates on others' woe, shall, in that meditation, lose his own. |
Francis Quarles | Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation. and honor the reward of action. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Marius was struck by the beauty of this white hair, and noticed the man who was walking with slow steps and seemed absorbed in painful meditation. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I will go with you gladly soon, but I am just concluding a serious meditation. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Try meditation or other relaxation methods. (references) | |
Some of the primary Ayurvedic treatments include diet, exercise, meditation, herbs, massage, exposure to sunlight, and controlled breathing. (references) | ||
Relaxation exercises or meditation may help you. These usually involve deep rhythmic breathing and quiet concentration, and can be done almost anywhere. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | China | Regulations require all qigong meditation and exercise groups to register with the Government. (references) |
Lithuania | Since 1995 the Ministry of Justice has turned down two applications, those of the Osho Ojas Meditation Center and the Lithuanian Pagans Community. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EDITOR, n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus and Aeacus, but is placable with an obolus; a severely virtuous censor, but so charitable withal that he tolerates the virtues of others and the vices of himself; who flings about him the splintering lightning and sturdy thunders of admonition till he resembles a bunch of firecrackers petulantly uttering his mind at the tail of a dog; then straightway murmurs a mild, melodious lay, soft as the cooing of a donkey intoning its prayer to the evening star. Master of mysteries and lord of law, high-pinnacled upon the throne of thought, his face suffused with the dim splendors of the Transfiguration, his legs intertwisted and his tongue a-cheek, the editor spills his will along the paper and cuts it off in lengths to suit. And at intervals from behind the veil of the temple is heard the voice of the foreman demanding three inches of wit and six lines of religious meditation, or bidding him turn off the wisdom and whack up some pathos. O, the Lord of Law on the Throne of Thought, A gilded impostor is he. Of shreds and patches his robes are wrought, His crown is brass, Himself an ass, And his power is fiddle-dee-dee. Prankily, crankily prating of naught, Silly old quilly old Monarch of Thought. Public opinion's camp-follower he, Thundering, blundering, plundering free. Affected, Ungracious, Suspected, Mendacious, Respected contemporaree! J.H. Bumbleshook |
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| "Meditation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.79% of the time. "Meditation" is used about 472 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 99.79% | 471 | 12,566 |
| Noun (common) | 0.21% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 472 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "meditation". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Hegai | N/A | Biblical | Meditation |
| Higgaion | N/A | Biblical | Meditation |
| Jeshohaia | N/A | Biblical | The meditation of God |
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Expressions using "meditation": 7 Keys Meditation Program ♦ Color Meditation ♦ Creative meditation ♦ Golden Light Solar Meditation ♦ guru meditation ♦ Healing Heart Meditation ♦ Jewish meditation ♦ Led meditation ♦ Mantra Yoga Meditation ♦ object for meditation ♦ Primordial Sound Meditation ♦ Radiance Breathing Meditation ♦ Reiki meditation ♦ TaeUIJu Healing Meditation ♦ Tatwa meditation ♦ transcendental meditation. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "meditation": meditation-become-poem. | |
Ending with "meditation": pre-meditation, Trance-Meditation. | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "meditation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mendim (brainchild, cogitation, conceit, conception, estimation, idea, judgement, judgment, mind, muse, notion, opinion, reflection, reflexion, say, self-communion, sentiment, spirit, thinking, thought), të menduarit (calculation, reflection, reflexion, thinking), përsiatje (cogitation, rationale), ndërmjetësi (agency, intercession, intermediation, interposition). (various references) | |
Arabic | تفكر (contemplate, contemplation, ponder, rumination, speculate, speculation), تأمل (cogitative, consider, contemplate, contemplation, meditate, muse, observation, ponder, pore over, rumble, ruminate, rumination, speculate, study, think, think out, think over, thinking), تدبر (contrive, engineering, get along, get by, see). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съзерцание (recollection), размисъл (cogitation, reflection, rumination, thinking, thought), размишление (cogitation, contemplation, muse, musing, reflection, speculation, think), медитация. (various references) | |
Chinese | 禪 (abdicate, abstraction, Buddhism), 沉思 (contemplate, contemplation, ponder), 凝思. (various references) | |
Czech | rozjímání (contemplation, recollection, speculation). (various references) | |
Danish | meditation. (various references) | |
Dutch | meditatie. (various references) | |
Finnish | mietiskely (contemplation). (various references) | |
French | méditation. (various references) | |
German | Meditation, Betrachtung (contemplation, inspection, reflection, view). (various references) | |
Greek | αυτοσυγκέντρωση. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מדיטציה, שרעף (thought), עיון (consideration, inspection, perusal, reference, reflection, study), אמצעות (agency, intermediacy, means, mediacy, medium, middle), הגיג (thought), הגות (cogitation), הרהור (contemplation, reflection, rumination, speculation, think, thought). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elmélkedés (cogitation, conscience, contemplation, reflection, rumination, speculation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | meditasi, yoga, tafakur (contemplative), semedi (meditate). (various references) | |
Italian | meditazione (devotion, muse, musing, reflection, reflexion). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 座禅 , 思索 (speculation, thinking). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かんそう (arid, contemplation, dehydrated, dry, dry grass, hay, hearty send-off, impressions, insipid, physiognomy, running the race, staying the course, thoughts), ちんぎん (groaning in distress, hum, painstaking elaboration on ones poem, pay, wages), はんせい (contemplation, half a lifetime, introspection, reconsideration, reflection), もっこう (carpenter, contemplation, woodworker, woodworking), ものおもい (anxiety, pensiveness, reverie, thought), もくそう (following with ones eyes, gazing after, silent contemplation), ちんし (contemplation), かんしょう (admiration, appreciation, atoll, buffered, circular coral reef, complete victory, contemplation, encouragement, enjoyment, hot temper, interference, intervention, irascibility, irritability, letter salutation, management, observation, peevishness, praise and encouragement, sentiment, sentimentality, stimulation, taking charge), メディテーション , せんしん (absorption, advance, concentration, leadership, linesman, seniority, undivided attention), せいざ (constellation, sitting correctly, sitting quietly, sittingstraight), せいし (authentic history, check, chief delegate, control, family name, filature, full name, heir, history, imperial command, inhibition, life and death, looking straight ahead, oath, paper making or manufacturing, pledge, repose, restraint, senior envoy, silk reeling, sperm, spinning, standing still, stillness, successor, viewing sincerely, vow, written oath), しあん (consideration, one's own plan, ponder, private plan, tentative, thought), しさく (composition of a poem, experiment, measure, policy, speculation, stay, thinking, trial manufacture), ざぜん, めいそう (contemplation, noted or celebrated priest, straying). (various references) | |
Korean | 명상 (Contemplative). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | editationmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | meditação (cogitation, contemplation, muse, reflection, reflexion, rumination, self-communion, speculation, thinking, thought). (various references) | |
Romanian | meditare (forethought, reflection), meditaţie (brown study, coaching, introversion, musing, speculation), contemplare (contemplation). (various references) | |
Russian | медитация (zazen). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | meditacija (contemplation), razmišljanje (cogitation, contemplation, reflection, reflections, reflexion). (various references) | |
Spanish | meditación (cogitation, rumination, thought). (various references) | |
Swedish | meditation, tänkande (imagining, reflective, thinking, thought), begrundan (reflection). (various references) | |
Turkish | meditasyon, düşünceye dalma. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | споглядання (contemplation), роздуми (amusement, thinkings). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự trầm tư mặc tưởng (self-communion), sự trầm ngâm (brown study, contemplativeness, musing, rumination), sự ngẫm nghĩ (cogitation, reffection, rumination, self-communion, thoughtfulness). (various references) | |
Welsh | myfyrdod. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cogitatio, commentatio, contemplatione, meditatio, meditatione, meditationem, meditationes. (various references) |
| Sanskrit | 300 BCE-Modern | dhyana. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "meditation": meditations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "meditation": premeditation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "meditation": premeditations. (additional references) | |
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"Meditation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: maditation, medatation, mediatation, mediattion, meditacion, meditaion, meditatio, medtiation, miditation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "meditation" (pronounced me'dutā"shun) |
| 9 | m e' d u t ā" sh u n | premeditation. |
| 8 | -e' d u t ā" sh u n | accreditation. |
| 6 | -u t ā" sh u n | facilitation, agitation, amputation, annotation, cetacean, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, connotation, decapitation, dilatation, equitation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, imputation, incapacitation, inhabitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, levitation, limitation, misinterpretation, palpitation, precipitation, recitation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, reputation, resuscitation, sanitation, solicitation, vegetation, visitation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | fermentation, adaptation, affectation, argumentation, augmentation, citation, confrontation, consultation, crustacean, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, disorientation, disputation, dissertation, documentation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, experimentation, exploitation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gestation, implantation, implementation, importation, incantation, incrustation, indentation, infestation, instrumentation, lactation, manifestation, misrepresentation, molestation, mutation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, permutation, pigmentation, plantation, presentation, protestation, quotation, recantation, reforestation, refutation, regimentation, representation, rotation, sedimentation, segmentation, station, superstation, temptation, transplantation, transportation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-i-m-n-o-t-t" | |
-1 letter: diatomite, intimated, mediation. | |
-2 letters: antidote, dominate, ideation, imitated, intimate, iodinate, tetanoid. | |
-3 letters: amidine, amidone, amniote, diamine, dominie, edition, imitate, inedita, intimae, mattoid, mediant, notated, omitted, tainted, tomenta. | |
-4 letters: aidmen, amidin, anomie, atoned, attend, daemon, daimen, daimio, daimon, detain, diamin, diatom, domain, domine, donate, emodin, etamin, indite, inmate, intima, intime, iodate, iodine, maiden, manito, mantid. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-i-m-n-o-t-t" | |
+1 letter: meditations. | |
+2 letters: delimitation. | |
+3 letters: antimodernist, delimitations, determination, domesticating, domestication, premeditation, sedimentation. | |
+4 letters: antidefamation, antidemocratic, antimodernists, delegitimation, demonetization, depigmentation, determinations, disappointment, domestications, intermediation, premeditations, sedimentations. | |
+5 letters: codetermination, decontaminating, decontamination, delegitimations, demagnetization, democratization, demonetizations, demonstrability, demystification, depigmentations, disappointments, indetermination, intermediations, intermodulation, redetermination, underestimation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Derived from | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Bibliography |
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