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TOPIK 6verb

숙고하다

sukgohada [숙꼬하다]

숙고해요 · 숙고했어요 · 숙고할 거예요 · 숙고하세요

to deliberate, to consider carefully

Example

충분히 숙고한 후에 결정하겠습니다.

I'll decide after giving it careful thought.

Word parts

숙 ripe고 think

Literally 'ripe thinking' — thoughts left to mature.

Good to know

Often appears as the idiom 심사숙고하다 = to think long and hard.