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    PHILOSOPHIZE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

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

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

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

    -ing form: philosophizing  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 "philosophize" 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:

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

    philosophizing (the exposition (often superficially) of a particular philosophy)

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

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