Definition of "contemplates" [contemplates]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contemplate. (verb)

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• "One concerns whether the kind of ban on “self-help” punishment Nozick contemplates is morally permissible."
• "SENATOR MITCHELL: I believe that the communique by its terms contemplates a two-track process."
• "Britain contemplates a reversal of centuries of economic separation from the continent of Europe, while Canada turns its currency free to float in the money markets of the world."