think
noun
1. an instance of deliberate thinking
- I need to give it a good think
Definition categories: thought, advisement, deliberation, weighing
Sentences with think as a noun:
- I'll have a think about that and let you know.
verb
1. judge or regard; look upon; judge
- I think he is very smart
- I think that he is her boyfriend
Similar word(s): believe, conceive, consider
Definition categories: cognition, evaluate, judge
2. expect, believe, or suppose
- he didn't think to find her in the kitchen
Similar word(s): guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose
Definition categories: cognition, anticipate, expect
3. 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
Similar word(s): cerebrate, cogitate
Definition categories: cognition
4. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- I can't think what her last name was
Similar word(s): recall, recollect, remember, retrieve
Definition categories: cognition
5. imagine or visualize
- Just think--you could be rich one day!
- Think what a scene it must have been!
Definition categories: creation, envisage, ideate, imagine
6. focus one's attention on a certain state
- Think big
- think thin
Definition categories: cognition, center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet
7. have in mind as a purpose
- She didn't think to harm me
Definition categories: cognition
8. decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
- Can you think what to do next?
Definition categories: cognition, cerebrate, cogitate, think
9. ponder; reflect on, or reason about
- Think the matter through
- Think how hard life in Russia must be these days
Definition categories: cognition, cerebrate, cogitate, think
10. dispose the mind in a certain way
- Do you really think so?
Definition categories: cognition, believe, conceive, consider, think
11. have or formulate in the mind
- think good thoughts
Definition categories: cognition, cerebrate, cogitate, think
12. be capable of conscious thought
- Man is the only creature that thinks
Definition categories: cognition
13. bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
Sentences with think as a verb:
- I tend to think of her as rather ugly.
- I think she is pretty, contrary to most people.
- I think she’ll pass the examination.
- At the time I thought his adamant refusal to give in right. I hope you won’t think me stupid if I ask you what that means.