'Think' definitions:

Definition of 'think'

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noun
An instance of deliberate thinking; "I need to give it a good think"
verb
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" [syn: think, believe, consider, conceive]
verb
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" [syn: think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess]
verb
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" [syn: think, cogitate, cerebrate]
verb
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" [syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block, draw a blank, forget]
verb
Imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!"
verb
Focus one's attention on a certain state; "Think big"; "think thin"
verb
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" [syn: intend, mean, think]
verb
Decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting; "Can you think what to do next?"
verb
Ponder; reflect on, or reason about; "Think the matter through"; "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days"
verb
Dispose the mind in a certain way; "Do you really think so?"
verb
Have or formulate in the mind; "think good thoughts"
verb
Be capable of conscious thought; "Man is the only creature that thinks"
verb
Bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"

Definition of 'Think'

From: GCIDE
  • Think \Think\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thought; p. pr. & vb. n. Thinking.] [OE. thinken, properly, to seem, from AS. [thorn]yncean (cf. Methinks), but confounded with OE. thenken to think, fr. AS. [thorn]encean (imp. [thorn][=o]hte); akin to D. denken, dunken, OS. thenkian, thunkian, G. denken, d["u]nken, Icel. [thorn]ekkja to perceive, to know, [thorn]ykkja to seem, Goth. [thorn]agkjan, [thorn]aggkjan, to think, [thorn]ygkjan to think, to seem, OL. tongere to know. Cf. Thank, Thought.]
  • 1. To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: These are genuine Anglo-Saxon expressions, equivalent to it seems to me, it seemed to me. In these expressions me is in the dative case. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties. [1913 Webster]
  • For that I am I know, because I think. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Specifically: (a) To call anything to mind; to remember; as, I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it. [1913 Webster]
  • Well thought upon; I have it here. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (b) To reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate. [1913 Webster]
  • And when he thought thereon, he wept. --Mark xiv. 72. [1913 Webster]
  • He thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? --Luke xii. 17. [1913 Webster] (c) To form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow. [1913 Webster]
  • Let them marry to whom they think best. --Num. xxxvi. 6. [1913 Webster] (d) To purpose; to intend; to design; to mean. [1913 Webster]
  • I thought to promote thee unto great honor. --Num. xxiv. 11. [1913 Webster]
  • Thou thought'st to help me. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (e) To presume; to venture. [1913 Webster]
  • Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father. --Matt. iii. 9. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: To think, in a philosophical use as yet somewhat limited, designates the higher intellectual acts, the acts preeminently rational; to judge; to compare; to reason. Thinking is employed by Hamilton as "comprehending all our collective energies." It is defined by Mansel as "the act of knowing or judging by means of concepts,"by Lotze as "the reaction of the mind on the material supplied by external influences." See Thought. [1913 Webster]
  • To think better of. See under Better.
  • To think much of, or To think well of, to hold in esteem; to esteem highly. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To expect; guess; cogitate; reflect; ponder; contemplate; meditate; muse; imagine; suppose; believe. See Expect, Guess. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Think'

From: GCIDE
  • Think \Think\, v. t.
  • 1. To conceive; to imagine. [1913 Webster]
  • Charity . . . thinketh no evil. --1 Cor. xiii. 4,5. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To plan or design; to plot; to compass. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • So little womanhood And natural goodness, as to think the death Of her own son. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To believe; to consider; to esteem. [1913 Webster]
  • Nor think superfluous other's aid. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • To think much, to esteem a great matter; to grudge. [Obs.] "[He] thought not much to clothe his enemies." --Milton.
  • To think scorn. (a) To disdain. [Obs.] "He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone." --Esther iii. 6. (b) To feel indignation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Think'

From: GCIDE
  • Think \Think\, n. Act of thinking; a thought. "If you think that I'm finished, you've got another think coming!" [Obs. or Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

Synonyms of 'think'

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