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Meaning of 'think' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Think [ v. t.]
- To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.
- To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.
- To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.
- To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.
- To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow.
- To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.
- To presume; to venture.
- To conceive; to imagine.
- To plan or design; to plot; to compass.
- To believe; to consider; to esteem.

Meaning of 'think' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . think [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an instance of deliberate thinking
Example in sentence:
  • I need to give it a good think
2 . think [ v]
Meaning (2):
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
Example in sentence:
  • call up memories;
  • can you remember her phone number?;
  • Do you remember that he once loved you?;
  • I can't remember saying any such thing;
  • I can't think what her last name was
Meaning (3):
- decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
Example in sentence:
  • Can you think what to do next?
Meaning (4):
- dispose the mind in a certain way
Example in sentence:
  • Do you really think so?
Meaning (5):
- expect, believe, or suppose
Example in sentence:
  • he didn't think to find her in the kitchen;
  • I guess she is angry at me for standing her up;
  • I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel;
  • I thought to find her in a bad state
Meaning (6):
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
Example in sentence:
  • I believe her to be very smart;
  • I think he is very smart;
  • I think that he is her boyfriend;
  • The racist conceives such people to be inferior
Meaning (7):
- have in mind as a purpose
Example in sentence:
  • I mean no harm;
  • I only meant to help you;
  • She didn't think to harm me;
  • We thought to return early that night
Meaning (8):
- use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
Example in sentence:
  • I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere
Meaning (9):
- imagine or visualize
Example in sentence:
  • Just think--you could be rich one day!;
  • Think what a scene it must have been!
Meaning (10):
- be capable of conscious thought
Example in sentence:
  • Man is the only creature that thinks
Meaning (11):
- bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
Example in sentence:
  • She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam
Meaning (12):
- focus one's attention on a certain state
Example in sentence:
  • Think big;
  • think thin
Meaning (13):
- have or formulate in the mind
Example in sentence:
  • think good thoughts
Meaning (14):
- ponder; reflect on, or reason about
Example in sentence:
  • Think how hard life in Russia must be these days;
  • Think the matter through

Nearby Words:

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