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Audio Help /θɪŋk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[thingk] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, thought, think·ing, adjective, noun –verb (used without object) | 1. | to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc. |
| 2. | to employ one's mind rationally and objectively in evaluating or dealing with a given situation: Think carefully before you begin. |
| 3. | to have a certain thing as the subject of one's thoughts: I was thinking about you. We could think of nothing else. |
| 4. | to call something to one's conscious mind: I couldn't think of his phone number. |
| 5. | to consider something as a possible action, choice, etc.: She thought about cutting her hair. |
| 6. | to invent or conceive of something: We thought of a new plan. |
| 7. | to have consideration or regard for someone: Think of others first. |
| 8. | to esteem a person or thing as indicated: to think badly of someone. |
| 9. | to have a belief or opinion as indicated: I think so. |
| 10. | (of a device or machine, esp. a computer) to use artificial intelligence to perform an activity analogous to human thought. |
–verb (used with object) | 11. | to have or form in the mind as an idea, conception, etc. |
| 12. | to consider for evaluation or for possible action upon: Think the deal over. |
| 13. | to regard as specified: He thought me unkind. |
| 14. | to believe to be true of someone or something: to think evil of the neighbors. |
| 15. | to analyze or evolve rationally: to think the problem out. |
| 16. | to have as a plan or intention: I thought that I would go. |
| 17. | to anticipate or expect: I did not think to find you here. |
–adjective | 18. | of or pertaining to thinking or thought. |
| 19. | Informal. stimulating or challenging to the intellect or mind: the think book of the year. Compare think piece. |
–noun | 20. | Informal. the act or a period of thinking: I want to sit down and give it a good think. |
—Verb phrases| 21. | think of, | a. | to conceive of; imagine. |
| b. | to have an opinion or judgment of. |
| c. | to consider; anticipate: When one thinks of what the future may bring, one is both worried and hopeful. |
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| 22. | think out or through, | a. | to think about until a conclusion is reached; understand or solve by thinking. |
| b. | to devise by thinking; contrive: He thought out a plan for saving time. |
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| 23. | think up, to devise or contrive by thinking: Can you think up an arrangement of furniture for this room? |
—Idioms| 24. | think better of, to change one's mind about; reconsider: She considered emigrating to Australia, but thought better of it. |
| 25. | think fit, to consider advisable or appropriate: By all means, take a vacation if you think fit. |
| 26. | think nothing of. nothing (def. 19). |
| 27. | think twice, to weigh carefully before acting; consider: I would think twice before taking on such a responsibility. |
[Origin:
bef. 900; ME
thinken, var. of
thenken, OE
thencan; c. D, G
denken, ON
thekkja, Goth
thagkjan; akin to
thank
]
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| Main Entry: | think |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Synonyms: | abstracted, Aristotelian, bemused, cogitable, cogitative, conceptual, conceptualistic, contemplative, dianoetic, intellectual, meditative, pensive, ruminant, ruminative, telepathic, thinkable |
| Source: | Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. |
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| Main Entry: | think |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Synonyms: | cerebration, cogitation, conception, conceptualization, consideration, contemplation, daydream, excogitation, ideation, ideology, intellection, lucubration, meditation, mentation, perception, philosophy, reverie, speculation, thinking, thought |
| Source: | Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. |
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| | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | Cite This Source |
| Main Entry: | think |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To use the powers of the mind, as in conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and making judgments. |
| Synonyms: | cerebrate, cogitate, deliberate, ratiocinate, reflect, speculate |
| Idioms: | put on one's thinking cap, use one's head |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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