to think
- verb
- /θɪŋk/
- Look, you got to think about yourself, Eden, okay?
- think differently
- think creatively
- Just think
I I struggle to think why that might be.
- I I struggle to think why that might be.
- And then think of think of what you want.
- It opens up for us new things that we can think, but it also conceals.
- I'm trying to, I'm trying to think of a semi interesting answer.
- So I'm trying to think of things Packing.
- Because potential for me means if a human can think it, it's there.
- I'm that makes me happy that to think that I was in your past.
Examples
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Before making a decision, I always take a moment to think about all my options.
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It's just you got to start thinking about your future.
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And it was the first time I began to think maybe this is real.
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I mean, it really makes you think, how important is this to me?
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And we were thinking about you.
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We must get to know and understand these questions, and think in these terms.
Academic text (2011) -
But instead, take a moment to stop, be still, think, pause.
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I think I'm gonna go up to my room.
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I just kept using what I learned in class to think logically about the situation.
Academic text (2011) -
As you redesign your student project assignment, think about the purpose of the presentation.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
Intend to talk about someone or something
To picture something in your mind
To think that someone or something is a certain way
To form a picture in your mind of something not real
Plan to do something in the future
See someone or something in a certain way
To imagine how something looks
To picture something in your mind, often a possible future
Think about an idea or possibility
Form a clear picture of something in your mind
To form an idea or plan in your mind
To imagine something as possible or real
To form an idea in your mind about something
To form a picture in your mind of something not present
To think of new ideas
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To answer or act quickly and clearly when something unexpected happens
- Informal
To pause and imagine how your words will affect others before you say them
Imagine a pleasant place to help you get through an unpleasant experience
- Informal
To be wrong about something and later be forced to change your mind
- Informal
To make decisions using feelings instead of careful thought
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To look at all the details and what may happen before you decide
Compounds
A group of experts who study public problems and give advice to governments and others
- Literature
An article in a newspaper or magazine that gives opinions to start a discussion
How Vivid
Surface Forms
Etymology
Think originally came from an old English word thencan meaning 'to form an idea in your mind', so to think can mean to imagine, picture, or plan something in your head.