Think
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Definition
(noun.) an instance of deliberate thinking; 'I need to give it a good think'.
(verb.) bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; 'She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam'.
(verb.) be capable of conscious thought; 'Man is the only creature that thinks'.
(verb.) use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; 'I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere'.
(verb.) expect, believe, or suppose; 'I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel'; 'I thought to find her in a bad state'; 'he didn't think to find her in the kitchen'; 'I guess she is angry at me for standing her up'.
(verb.) judge or regard; look upon; judge; 'I think he is very smart'; 'I believe her to be very smart'; 'I think that he is her boyfriend'; 'The racist conceives such people to be inferior'.
(verb.) focus one's attention on a certain state; 'Think big'; 'think thin'.
(verb.) imagine or visualize; 'Just think--you could be rich one day!'; 'Think what a scene it must have been!'.
(verb.) decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting; 'Can you think what to do next?'.
(verb.) ponder; reflect on, or reason about; 'Think the matter through'; 'Think how hard life in Russia must be these days'.
(verb.) have or formulate in the mind; 'think good thoughts'.
(verb.) dispose the mind in a certain way; 'Do you really think so?'.
Editor: Vicky--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.
(v. t.) To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.
(v. t.) To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.
(v. t.) To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.
(v. t.) To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow.
(v. t.) To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.
(v. t.) To presume; to venture.
(v. t.) To conceive; to imagine.
(v. t.) To plan or design; to plot; to compass.
(v. t.) To believe; to consider; to esteem.
Editor: Sharon
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Cogitate, reflect, meditate, ponder, muse, contemplate, exercise the mind.[2]. Deliberate, consider, reason.[3]. Conclude, determine, judge, suppose, imagine, fancy, believe, deem, ween, OPINE, have an opinion, be of opinion.
v. a. [1]. Imagine, conceive, entertain an idea of, cherish a thought of.[2]. Consider, regard, hold, believe, judge, suppose, esteem, deem, account, count, reckon, look upon.
Inputed by Logan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Ponder, meditate, consider, reflect, contemplate, conceive, imagine, apprehend,fancy, hold, {[r^]?}, gard, believe, deem, opine, purpose, judge, reckon,[SeeTHICK]
Editor: Stephen
Definition
v.i. to exercise the mind (with about of on): to revolve ideas in the mind: to judge: to form or hold as an opinion: to consider: to purpose or design.—v.t. to imagine: to judge: to believe or consider:—pa.t. and pa.p. thought.—adj. Think′able capable of being thought.—n. Think′er.—p.adj. Think′ing having the faculty of thought.—n. the act or state of one who thinks: (Shak.) thought imagination judgment.—adv. Think′ingly.—Think little of to have a poor opinion of—opposite to Think much or well of; Think long to yearn for: to become weary in waiting; Think out to devise project: to solve by a process of thought.
Edited by Hattie
Examples
- When to-morrow comes, and he knows that I am in the house, do you think---- She stopped again, and looked at me very earnestly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He gets worse instead of better, I think,' said the elder lady. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I think that we have gathered all that we can. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Sometimes, Eustacia, I think it is a judgment upon you. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Now, what do you think? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Do you think I don't know the foulness of your sex life--and her's? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There is scarcely any man alive who does not think himself meritorious for giving his neighbour five pounds. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He thought no more of the matter until he heard in the evening of the tragedy that had occurred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And then commenced a train of thought quite new to me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Better than he thought,--except the last clause. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He must say he thought a drone the embodiment of a pleasanter and wiser idea. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He thought of Miss Ophelia's letter to his Kentucky friends, and would pray earnestly that God would send him deliverance. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I thought to myself, as I put out the candle; the woman in white? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The ice, you see, was broken between us--and I thought I would take care, on the next occasion, that Mr. Betteredge was out of the way. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Will was not quite contented, thinking that he would apparently have been of more importance if he had been disliked. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And you, last night, thinking about how you and your grandfather were so terrific and your father was a coward. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- My impression is that the shock inflicted on me completely suspended my thinking and feeling power. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Her face was radiant like gold, as she sat thinking. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I suppose you're thinking of the shop. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I was thinking whether you wouldn't like me to be rich? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She must have a sensation of being honoured, and whether thinking of herself or her brother, she must have a strong feeling of gratitude. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- My spirit will sleep in peace; or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He's a rough man, and thinks nothing of blood when his own is up. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- No, no; it must be something else if he were really vexed, Ladislaw is a sort of gypsy; he thinks nothing of leather and prunella. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I think Mr Headstone had better not say what he thinks of saying. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She thinks, in short, I want to marry her at once to get away from some one that I--care for more. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He thinks it is like bran, raised with sour yeast. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Eunice desires nothing—except myself; but as for Mrs Dengelton, she thinks I am poor. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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