Think - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |θɪŋk|  American pronunciation of the word think
Brit.  |θɪŋk|  British pronunciation of the word think
irregular verb:  p.t. — thought  p.p. — thought

noun

- an instance of deliberate thinking
I need to give it a good think

verb

- judge or regard; look upon; judge (syn: believe, conceive, consider)
I think he is very smart
I think that he is her boyfriend
- expect, believe, or suppose (syn: guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose)
he didn't think to find her in the kitchen
- use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments (syn: cerebrate, cogitate)
I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection (syn: call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve)
I can't think what her last name was
- imagine or visualize
Just think--you could be rich one day!
- focus one's attention on a certain state
think thin
- have in mind as a purpose (syn: intend, mean)
She didn't think to harm me
- decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
Can you think what to do next?
- ponder; reflect on, or reason about
- dispose the mind in a certain way
Do you really think so?
- have or formulate in the mind
think good thoughts
- be capable of conscious thought
Man is the only creature that thinks
- bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation

Extra examples

We may finish sooner than you think.

You should relax and try to think pleasant thoughts.

I was just thinking what it would be like to be a doctor.

I dread to think how he will react.

Why do you always think the worst?

Just think how nice it would be to live here.

Just think—in two days we'll be on vacation, lying on the beach.

I'd have another think about doing that if I were you.

Feel free to have a good think about it before you say yes.

I'll think about it.

You ought to spend more time thinking about your work.

Please think for a moment before answering.

I think no harm in it.

I don't know what to think about new director.

He thinks of himself as a poet.

Phrasal verbs

think out  — consider carefully and rationally
think over  — reflect deeply on a subject
think up  — devise or invent

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: think
he/she/it: thinks
present participle: thinking
past tense: thought
past participle: thought
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