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Verb

Present participle for to consider a choice, option or decision

ruminating over

debating with oneself

giving some thought to

ruminating about

deliberating about

giving thought to

deliberating on

speculating about

cogitating about

giving consideration to

wondering about

noodling around

beating one's brains out about

turning over in one's mind

philosophizing^US

philosophising^UK

deliberating over

meditating over

chewing the cud

reflecting upon

ruminating upon

reflecting about

chewing over things

mulling over things

using one's head

putting on thinking cap

thinking through

considering the pros and cons of

taking stock of

contemplating on

scrutinizing^US

making sense of

scrutinising^UK

playing around with

hammering away at

giving much thought to

asking oneself about

intellectualizing^US

rationalizing^US

self-reflecting

rationalising^UK

intellectualising^UK

building castles in air

staring into space

cudgeling your brains

having your head in the clouds

taking under consideration

stopping to consider

self-questioning

meditating upon

keeping talking about

problem-solving

keeping thinking about

having a think about

spending too much time thinking about

finding a solution to

batting it around

running up a flagpole

figuring something out

knocking around

finding an answer to

taking under advisement

letting one's thoughts wander

indulging in wool-gathering

getting a load of

considering the possibility of

entertaining the thought of

hypothesizing^US

hypothesising^UK

metabolising^UK

revolving in one's mind

considering as an example

looking at as an example

taking as an example

thinking deeply

entertaining idea

bearing in mind

taking into consideration

metabolizing^US

deliberating upon

entertaining the idea of

thinking hard about

conducting research into

bringing to light

conducting a survey of

thinking idly about

arguing the pros and cons of

having thoughts about

entertaining the possibility of

staying in the clouds

involving oneself

conjuring up an image of

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“And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock.”

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