meditation

méditation

Pratique consistant à concentrer son esprit en silence, pour s’apaiser ou dans un cadre religieux.

En anglais simple : A practice of quietly focusing your mind, often to feel calm or as part of religion.

• Meditation helps me relax.
• We began the morning with ten minutes of meditation.
• Have you tried meditation before bed?

Expressions courantes : daily meditation, meditation practice, guided meditation

réflexion, méditation

Texte ou discours qui examine un sujet en profondeur, souvent la religion ou le sens de la vie.

En anglais simple : A piece of writing or speech that explores a subject thoughtfully, often religion or ideas about life.

• The poem is a meditation on loss.
• He published several meditations on faith.
• The film offers a quiet meditation on growing old.

Comment l'utiliser : a meditation on something (Her essay is a meditation on friendship.)

Synonymes : reflection

Expressions courantes : meditation on life, philosophical meditation, brief meditation

réflexion, méditation

Fait de réfléchir attentivement et en profondeur à un sujet.

En anglais simple : Careful, deep thought about a subject.

• She sat in deep meditation.
• After long meditation, he decided to forgive them.
• The question required careful meditation.

Comment l'utiliser : meditation on something (He spent the evening in meditation on his future.)

Synonymes : reflection, contemplation, thought

Expressions courantes : deep meditation, quiet meditation, meditation on something