think
Nouns
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(n) an instance of deliberate thinking
- I need to give it a good think
Verbs
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(v) 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
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(v) 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
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(v) 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
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(v) 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
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(v) imagine or visualize
- Just think--you could be rich one day!
- Think what a scene it must have been!
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(v) focus one's attention on a certain state
- Think big
- think thin
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(v) 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
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(v) decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
- Can you think what to do next?
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(v) ponder; reflect on, or reason about
- Think the matter through
- Think how hard life in Russia must be these days
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(v) dispose the mind in a certain way
- Do you really think so?
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(v) have or formulate in the mind
- think good thoughts
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(v) be capable of conscious thought
- Man is the only creature that thinks
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(v) bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
- She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam