(n.) The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.
Example Sentences:
(1) You can only imagine the internal cogitations about Australian politics in other capitals: who is this one, will he last, is he worth my time, what on earth is going on down there?
(2) He sounded much like Loyd Grossman, whom older readers may recall used to present the original Masterchef programme, and who invariably preceded the judges' result by saying, "We have digested, cogitated and deliberated."
(3) The Oscar commenteriat are nearing the end of their five-month marathon of prognosis and pre-cogitation.
(4) They were afraid to smile.” As well as David Hasselhoff cogitating next to memorials, David Hasselhoff looking horrified by a Trabant and David Hasselhoff walking through computer-generated death zones, David Hasselhoff also introduces East German refugees who, it could be argued, versus-ed the Wall in even bigger ways than him.
(5) Piecing together the odds is a question of informed guesswork, since the nominations and cogitations of the members of the Nobel Committee for Literature are kept under wraps by the Swedish Academy, which only reveals the conversations of the judicial huddle 50 years after the decision is made.
Cogitative
Definition:
(a.) Possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating.
(a.) Given to thought or contemplation.
Example Sentences:
(1) You can only imagine the internal cogitations about Australian politics in other capitals: who is this one, will he last, is he worth my time, what on earth is going on down there?
(2) He sounded much like Loyd Grossman, whom older readers may recall used to present the original Masterchef programme, and who invariably preceded the judges' result by saying, "We have digested, cogitated and deliberated."
(3) The Oscar commenteriat are nearing the end of their five-month marathon of prognosis and pre-cogitation.
(4) They were afraid to smile.” As well as David Hasselhoff cogitating next to memorials, David Hasselhoff looking horrified by a Trabant and David Hasselhoff walking through computer-generated death zones, David Hasselhoff also introduces East German refugees who, it could be argued, versus-ed the Wall in even bigger ways than him.
(5) Piecing together the odds is a question of informed guesswork, since the nominations and cogitations of the members of the Nobel Committee for Literature are kept under wraps by the Swedish Academy, which only reveals the conversations of the judicial huddle 50 years after the decision is made.