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pore over
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of PORE
1
to give serious and careful thought to <the committee will probably pore over the results of the study for a long time before making their decision>
Synonyms chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, eye, kick around, meditate, mull (over), perpend, pore (over), question, revolve, ruminate, study, think (about or over), turn, weigh, wrestle (with)
Related Words muse (upon), reflect (on or upon), reminisce; analyze, explore, review; conclude, reason; second-guess, speculate (about); brood (about or over), dwell (on or upon), fixate (on or upon), fret (about or over), obsess (about or over); believe, conceive, opine; absorb, assimilate, digest, drink (in)
2
to go over and mentally take in the content of <he pored over the textbook for hours in preparation for the test>
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