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Think

//θɪŋk// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun

1
An act of thinking; consideration (of something). UK, uncountable, usually
"I'll have a think about that and let you know."
2
an instance of deliberate thinking wordnet

Verb

1
To ponder, to go over in one's mind. transitive
"Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be."
2
To seem, to appear.
"And whanne syr launcelot sawe he myghte not ryde vp in to the montayne he there alyghte vnder an Appel tree […] And then he leid hym doune to slepe And thenne hym thoughte there came an old man afore hym the whiche sayd A launcelot of euylle feythe and poure byleue wherfor is thy wille tourned soo lyghtely toward thy dedely synne"
3
bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation wordnet
4
To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally. transitive
""I should phone my mother," I thought."
5
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection wordnet

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6
To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem. intransitive
"I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution."
7
be capable of conscious thought wordnet
8
To conceive of something or someone intransitive
"I tend to think of her as rather ugly."
9
use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments wordnet
10
To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as. transitive
"I don't think it worth complaining about the leak in the roof, is it?"
11
have or formulate in the mind wordnet
12
To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain. transitive
"We should/would have thought she could've washed her hands before, at least."
13
expect, believe, or suppose wordnet
14
To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
"The cupbearer shrugged up his shoulders in displeasure. "I thought to have lodged him in the solere chamber," said he[…]"
15
judge or regard; look upon; judge wordnet
16
To presume; to venture.
"Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father."
17
dispose the mind in a certain way wordnet
18
Ellipsis of think so. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
"These plants are dead. Uh, you think?"
19
have in mind as a purpose wordnet
20
focus one's attention on a certain state wordnet
21
ponder; reflect on, or reason about wordnet
22
decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting wordnet
23
imagine or visualize wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken, thenchen, from Old English þenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel, know”). Cognate with Scots think, thynk (“to think”), North Frisian teenk, taanke, tanke, tånke (“to think”), Saterland Frisian toanke (“to think”), West Frisian tinke (“to think”), Dutch denken, dinken (“to think”), Afrikaans dink (“to think”), Low German denken, dinken (“to think”), German denken (“to think”), Danish tænke (“to think”), Swedish tänka (“to think”), Norwegian Bokmål tenke (“to think”), Norwegian Nynorsk tenkja (“to think”), Icelandic þekkja (“to know, recognise, identify, perceive”), Latin tongeō (“know”).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken (also thinchen, thünchen), from Old English þyncan (“to seem, appear”), from Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną (“to seem”). Cognate with Dutch dunken (“to seem, appear”), German dünken (“to seem, appear”), Danish tykkes (“to seem”), Swedish tycka (“to seem, think, regard”), Icelandic þykja (“to be regarded, be considered, seem”). More at methinks.

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