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1. think(verb)

   an instance of deliberate thinking

   "I need to give it a good think"

2. think, believe, consider, conceive(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"

3. think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess(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"

4. think, cogitate, cerebrate(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"

5. remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think(verb)

   recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

   "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"

6. think(verb)

   imagine or visualize

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

7. think(verb)

   focus one's attention on a certain state

   "Think big"; "think thin"

8. intend, mean, think(verb)

   have in mind as a purpose

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

9. think(verb)

   decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting

   "Can you think what to do next?"

10. think(verb)

    ponder; reflect on, or reason about

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

11. think(verb)

    dispose the mind in a certain way

    "Do you really think so?"

12. think(verb)

    have or formulate in the mind

    "think good thoughts"

13. think(verb)

    be capable of conscious thought

    "Man is the only creature that thinks"

14. think(verb)

    bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation

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

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Think(verb)

   to seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought

2. Think(verb)

   to employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties

3. Think(verb)

   to call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it

4. Think(verb)

   to reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate

5. Think(verb)

   to form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow

6. Think(verb)

   to purpose; to intend; to design; to mean

7. Think(verb)

   to presume; to venture

8. Think(verb)

   to conceive; to imagine

9. Think(verb)

   to plan or design; to plot; to compass

10. Think(verb)

    to believe; to consider; to esteem

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1. Think

   "Think" is a song performed by American R&B/soul musician Aretha Franklin. It was released as single in 1968, from her Aretha Now album. The song, a feminist anthem, reached No. 7 on Billboard Pop Singles Chart, becoming Franklin's seventh Top 10 hit in the United States. The song also reached No. 1 on the magazine's Black Singles Chart, becoming her sixth single to top the chart. The song was written by Franklin and Ted White. Franklin re-recorded the song in 1989 for the album "Through the Storm". Pitchfork Media placed it at number 15 on its list of "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Think

   thingk, 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. [A.S. thencan, thencean; cog. with Ger. denken, from root of thank.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. think

   To use the power of our conscience, consciousness, mind, spirit, soul.

   We think easily as our mind is so intelligent.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 5, 2020  

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1. think

   The think symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the think symbol and its characteristic.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'think' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #147

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'think' in Written Corpus Frequency: #46

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'think' in Verbs Frequency: #15

How to pronounce think?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say think in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of think in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of think in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of think in a Sentence

1. Kyle Edmund:

   I don't care, I'm just going to go out there and play my game, I can't be worrying about him, there's hundreds, so many players to be worrying about (whether) they've turned a corner. I think the person who's playing the best on clay at the minute is Rafa (Nadal).

2. Dave Brisson:

   I think Rand Paul is seemingly the only candidate who's willing to say the unpopular things, knowing that it's going to offend people and get other people upset, but he says it seemingly because he believes it, and I think there are a lot of Americans that are right in line with that.

3. Ronald Wan:

   This [ surge ] is crazy, but it's already overdone. I don't think such gains can last long. It's way too speculative.

4. John Cullerton:

   We apparently still have a fundamental disagreement over the role of collective bargaining in this process, in the sense that I think collective bargaining should continue to exist and the governor does not.

5. Alex Rocco:

   That was my greatest prize ever in life, because I did about eight lines as an ant, and I think I made over a million dollars.

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