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CEREBRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cerebrate mean? 

CEREBRATE (verb)
  The verb CEREBRATE has 1 sense:

1. use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgmentsplay

  Familiarity information: CEREBRATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CEREBRATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they cerebrate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it cerebrates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: cerebrated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: cerebrated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: cerebrating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

cerebrate; cogitate; think

Context example:

I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cerebrate"):

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

think (decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting)

think (ponder; reflect on, or reason about)

think about (have on one's mind, think about actively)

devote; give; pay (dedicate)

center; centre; concentrate; focus; pore; rivet (direct one's attention on something)

associate; colligate; connect; link; link up; relate; tie in (make a logical or causal connection)

plan (make plans for something)

contemplate; meditate; study (think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes)

puzzle over (try to solve)

conclude; reason; reason out (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)

reason (think logically)

chew over; contemplate; excogitate; meditate; mull; mull over; muse; ponder; reflect; ruminate; speculate; think over (reflect deeply on a subject)

brainstorm (try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it)

philosophise; philosophize (reason philosophically)

think (have or formulate in the mind)

rationalise; rationalize (think rationally; employ logic or reason)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

cerebration (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully)


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