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Definition of think (Entry 1 of 4)

transitive verb

1. To form or have in the mind.
   • She was just thinking about her next move.
   • I was afraid to think what might happen.
2. To have as an opinion; believe.
   • They think highly of you.
   • He thinks it's so.
3. To hold in the mind for some time; ponder.
   • I must think about this carefully.
   • Let me think for a moment.
4. To call to mind; remember.
   • He never thought to ask her home.
   • Never thought of him until now.
5. To use the power of reason.
   • Think before you write your answer.
   • He always thinks things through carefully.

Examples of think in a Sentence

1. We may finish sooner than you think.
2. You should relax and try to think pleasant thoughts.
3. I was just thinking what it would be like to be a doctor.
4. I dread to think how he will react.
5. Why do you always think the worst?
6. Just think how nice it would be to live here.
7. Just think—in two days we'll be on vacation, lying on the beach.

Definition of think (Entry 2 of 4)

adjective

1. A person who thinks; a thinker.
   • A great thinker.
2. Of or relating to thinking or thought processes.
   • Think tank.

Definition of think (Entry 3 of 4)

noun

1. A thought; an idea.
   • I had a new think about the project.
2. The power of reasoning or reflection.
   • The faculty of think.

Definition of think (Entry 4 of 4)

intransitive verb

1. To have an opinion or idea; to believe.
   • I think I will go to the store.
   • She thinks she knows everything.
2. To form a mental image or picture of something.
   • He tried to think about the future with optimism.

Examples of think in a Sentence

1. The mesa-like lunar mountain towers over a landscape carved by craters, including the Shackleton Crater, a cold, dark region where water ice and other materials that turn easily into gas are thought to be abundant.
2. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on February 24 returned to Greece an ancient bronze griffin head thought to have been pilfered from a museum in Olympia in the 1930s.
3. When cell walls hold strong, foods hoard their precious calories and pass through our body intact think corn.
4. The officer asked to inspect the unit, which had a think dark-colored liquid.

Etymology of think

First Known Use: before 12th century; in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Phrases Containing think

1. Come to think of it.
2. Don't even think about (doing) it.
3. Do you think (that)?
4. Has another think coming.
5. Hear oneself think.
6. I should / would think I think not.
7. I think so.
8. Let me think.
9. Not think anything of it.
10. Not think much of it.
11. See fit to think.
12. Shudder to think (of).
13. Stop to think.
14. Think badly of.
15. Think big.
16. Think factory.
17. Think for oneself.
18. Think less of it.
19. Think nothing of it.
20. Think nothing of it.
21. Think oneself.
22. Think outside the box.
23. Think over.
24. Think through.
25. Think twice.
26. Think up.
27. To think.
28. What do you think you're doing with you / one would think (that)?

Rhymes for think

• Blink
• Brink
• Chink
• Cinke
• Clink
• Dink
• Drink
• Fink
• Hink
• Ink
• Kink
• Klink

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