Collocations for contemplate - verb

seriously
She was seriously contemplating moving to Mexico.

even
How could you even contemplate such an idea?

be prepared to (BrE), be willing to
Are you willing to contemplate retraining?

cannot, could not
refuse to

too awful to contemplate, too horrible to contemplate
The thought of war was too awful to contemplate.

Contemplate is used with these nouns as the object:
death, fate, future, meaning, move, mystery, retirement, suicide