Definition of "contemplating" []

• Present participle of contemplate. (verb)

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• "Yes, the moment has arrived to begin contemplating the dismantling of the Israeli state as it presently exists."
• "I just completed an in-depth study on the carbon foot print of Fundamentalist Enviros and the natural resources they consume in contemplating, publishing and promoting their peculiar life styles and alternate realities."
• "Ms. EPSTEIN: We were very aware in contemplating whether or not to take this on that most of the writers who'd been involved in the past were playwrights."