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PHILOSOPHISE

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 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they philosophise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it philosophises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: philosophised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: philosophised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: philosophising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reason philosophicallyplay

Synonyms:

philosophise; philosophize

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "philosophise" is one way to...):

cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

philosophiser (someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view)

philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)

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