Think

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English

Verb

Think (third-person singular simple present thinks, present participle thinking, simple past and past participle thought)

  1. (transitive) to ponder, to go over in one's head
    Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.
  2. (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
    I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.
  3. (intransitive) to conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of or on)
    I tend to think of her as rather ugly.
  4. (transitive) To be of the opinion (that).
    I think she is pretty, contrary to most people.
  5. (transitive) To guess; to reckon.
    I think she’ll pass the examination.
  6. (transitive) To consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
    At the time I thought his adamant refusal to give in right.
    I hope you won’t think me stupid if I ask you what that means.

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Noun

Think (usually uncountable; plural Thinks)
  1. An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
    I'll have a think about that and let you know.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun think

Verb

think (obsolete except in archaic methinks)

  1. (intransitive) To seem, to appear.
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XV:
      And than hym thought there com an olde man afore hym whych seyde, ‘A, Launcelot, of evill wycked fayth and poore beleve!’

Adverbs for Think

abstractly; sensually; despairingly; humorously; frenziedly; contemplatively; habitually; desolately; conscientiously; precisely; instinctively; vaguely; incessantly; idly; poetically; deliberately; remorsefully; constructively; grimly; anxiously; candidly; erratically; scoffingly; divergently; morosely; de-sultorily; contemptuously; connectedly; hysterically; rapturously; shrewdly; vehemently; dispassionately; diversely; independently; grievously; dismally; creatively; wishfully; incisively; psychoanalytically; subtly; cunningly.

Thesaurus

account as, aim, aim at, anticipate, appreciate, aspire after, aspire to, assess, assume, be afraid, be after, be concerned, believe, brood, call to mind, care, cerebrate, cogitable, cogitate, come up with, comprehend, comprehensible, conceivable, conceive, conceptualize, conclude, concoct, conjecture, consider, contemplate, contrive, convincing, create, credit, daresay, deduce, deem, deliberate, design, desire, destine, determine, devise, divine, dread, dream, dream up, drive at, entertain ideas, envisage, envision, esteem, estimate, evaluate, exercise the mind, expect, face, fancy, fantasize, feasible, feature, feel, foresee, form ideas, gather, go for, grant, guess, harbor a design, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have every intention, have in mind, have the idea, heed, hold, hold as, hope, ideate, image, imaginable, imagine, improvise, infer, intellectualize, intend, invent, judge, let, let be, likely, logicalize, logicize, look upon as, maintain, make up, mark, mean, meditate, mind, mull, mull over, muse, muse over, opine, pay attention, plan, plausible, ponder, possible, practicable, practical, prefigure, presumable, presume, presuppose, presurmise, pretend, project, propose, provisionally accept, purport, purpose, rationalize, realize, reason, recall, reck, reckon, recollect, reflect, regard, remember, repute, resolve, ruminate, ruminate over, say, see, sense, set down as, speculate, study, supposable, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, take an interest, take for, take for granted, take it, take to be, think of, thinkable, trow, understand, value, view as, vision, visualize, ween, weigh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Old English þencan

Etymology 2

From Old English þyncan.

Translations

Verb

to ponder, to go over in one's head
communicate to oneself in one’s mind
to conceive of something or someone
be of the opinion that
guess, reckon
consider, judge, regard something as
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Noun

an act of thinking

Verb

to seem, to appear

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