Definitions for think

Definitions for (noun) think

Main entry: think

Definition: an instance of deliberate thinking

Usage: I need to give it a good think


Definitions for (verb) think

Main entry: think

Definition: bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation

Usage: She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam


Main entry: think, call back, call up, recall, retrieve, recollect, remember

Definition: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

Usage: I can't remember saying any such thing; I can't think what her last name was; can you remember her phone number?; Do you remember that he once loved you?; call up memories


Main entry: think

Definition: be capable of conscious thought

Usage: Man is the only creature that thinks


Main entry: think, cogitate, cerebrate

Definition: use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments

Usage: I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere


Main entry: think

Definition: have or formulate in the mind

Usage: think good thoughts


Main entry: think, suppose, opine, reckon, imagine, guess

Definition: expect, believe, or suppose

Usage: 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


Main entry: think, believe, conceive, consider

Definition: judge or regard; look upon; judge

Usage: 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


Main entry: think

Definition: dispose the mind in a certain way

Usage: Do you really think so?


Main entry: intend, think, mean

Definition: have in mind as a purpose

Usage: I mean no harm; I only meant to help you; She didn't think to harm me; We thought to return early that night


Main entry: think

Definition: focus one's attention on a certain state

Usage: Think big; think thin


Main entry: think

Definition: ponder; reflect on, or reason about

Usage: Think the matter through; Think how hard life in Russia must be these days


Main entry: think

Definition: decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting

Usage: Can you think what to do next?


Main entry: think

Definition: imagine or visualize

Usage: Just think--you could be rich one day!; Think what a scene it must have been!


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