meditation

Everyday

1. Sitting quietly and focusing your mind, for example on your breathing, to feel calm and relaxed. tree →
2. A religious or spiritual practice of deep, quiet thought or prayer. tree →
3. (formal) Serious, careful thought about something; or a piece of writing with such thoughts. tree →

In the lessons

In school, some classes do short meditation or mindfulness to calm down. In everyday life people use meditation apps. In religion and history, monks practise meditation. Phrases: do meditation, practise meditation, a meditation on.

Examples

• We do five minutes of meditation after lunch. tree →
• Meditation helps me feel calm before a test. tree →
• Close your eyes and breathe slowly for meditation. tree →
• The monk spent hours in meditation. tree →
• Mum listens to a meditation app at night. tree →
• Meditation is part of many religions. tree →
• The poem is a meditation on loss. tree →
• During meditation, try to notice your breathing. tree →
• At last the Childe of Lambton came home to his father's Hall, after seven long years spent in meditation and repentance on holy soil. tree →

Note

Mostly uncountable (do meditation), countable for a piece of writing (meditations). Verb: meditate. Do not confuse with «medication» (medicine) — one letter different! Related: mindfulness.

In Jewish tradition

In Psalm 119 the writer thinks all day on God's law. Tradition treats this as a model of constant study of the Torah. In the primary lessons: In school, some classes do short meditation or mindfulness to calm down. In everyday life people use meditation apps. In religion and history, monks practise meditation. Phrases: do meditation, practise meditation, a meditation on.

Examples

• It is my meditation all the day. (Writings PSA.119.97, JPS 1917) tree →
• Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. (Writings PSA.5.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. (Writings PSA.49.4, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Mostly uncountable (do meditation), countable for a piece of writing (meditations). Verb: meditate. Do not confuse with «medication» (medicine) — one letter different! Related: mindfulness.