to mull over an idea

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• mull over something — mull over (something) to think carefully about something for a period of time. She asked me what I thought about her idea, and I said I would have to mull it over. Bill mulled over the pros and cons of this job offer …   New idioms dictionary

• mull over — (something) to think carefully about something for a period of time. She asked me what I thought about her idea, and I said I would have to mull it over. Bill mulled over the pros and cons of this job offer …   New idioms dictionary

• mull over — PHRASAL VERB If you mull something over, you think about it for a long time before deciding what to do. [V P n (not pron)] McLaren had been mulling over an idea to make a movie... [V n P] I ll leave you alone here so you can mull it over. Syn …   English dictionary

• mull over — phr verb Mull over is used with these nouns as the object: ↑idea …   Collocations dictionary

• mull — mull1 /mul/, v.i. 1. to study or ruminate; ponder. v.t. 2. to think about carefully; consider (often fol. by over): to mull over an idea. 3. to make a mess or failure of. [1815 25; perh. identical with dial. mull to crumble, pulverize; see MULL4] …   Universalium

• idea — noun 1 plan/suggestion ADJECTIVE ▪ bright, brilliant, clever, excellent, good, great, marvellous/marvelous, nice, wonderful ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• mull — 1 verb (T) to heat wine or beer with sugar and spices mull sth over phrasal verb (T) to think about a problem, plan etc and consider it for a long time: Victor mulled over the idea and finally decided that it made sense. 2 noun (C) ScotE an area… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• consider — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. deliberate, ponder, brood, contemplate, meditate, ruminate, reflect; speculate, turn, revolve, weigh, muse; believe, judge, deem; regard, take into account, heed, mark, notice, mind; entertain; esteem …   English dictionary for students

• meditate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. muse, ponder, cogitate; plan, intend, contemplate, purpose. See thought. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To muse] Syn. ponder, study, contemplate, ruminate, muse, revolve, say to oneself, reflect, view, brood… …   English dictionary for students

• thought — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Mental activity Nouns 1. thought, thoughtfulness; reflection, cogitation, consideration, meditation, study, lucubration, speculation, deliberation, pondering; head work, brainwork; cerebration; deep… …   English dictionary for students

• Ockham’s world and future — Arthur Gibson PHILOSOPHICAL BIOGRAPHY Ockham was born in about 1285, certainly before 1290, probably in the village of Ockham, Surrey, near London. If his epitaph is accurate, he died on 10 April 1347. Yet Conrad of Megenberg, when writing to… …   History of philosophy