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Think Back

Definition: Think Back

Think Back

Verb

1. Recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Think Back

Synonym: remember (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Think Back

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Memory

Recognize, recollect, bethink oneself, recall, call up, retrace; look back, trace back, trace backwards; think back, look back upon; review; call upon, recall upon, bring to mind, bring to remembrance; carry one's thoughts back; rake up the past.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: Think Back

DomainUsage

Lyrics

Just think back and remember dear (True Blue; performing artist: Madonna)

When I think back (Kodachrome; performing artist: Paul Simon; writing credit: Paul Simon)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Think Back

Language Translations for "think back"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏حاول التذكر, ‏حاول أن يتذكر. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

връщам се назад (regurgitate, slip back). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

回想 (recall, recollect). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

muistella (call to mind, recall, recollect). (various references)

   

French

  

essayer de se souvenir. (various references)

   

German

  

zurückdenken. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ripensare (brood, change one's mind, recall, think again). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

思い"す (to change one's mind, to re-think, to think back upon), 思い直す (to change one's mind, to re-think, to think back upon). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おもいなおす (to change one's mind, to re-think, to think back upon), おもいかえす (to change one's mind, to re-think, to think back upon). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inkthay ackbay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Think Back

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-h-i-k-k-n-t"

-3 letters: antick, bhakti, canthi, catkin.

-4 letters: actin, aitch, antic, baith, batch, batik, bitch, cabin, chain, chant, china, chink, habit, khaki, knack, natch, takin, thack, thank, thick, think.

-5 letters: akin, ankh, anti, bach, back, baht, bait, bani, bank, bath, bint, cain, cant, chat, chia, chin, chit, hack, haik, hank, hant, hick, hint, ikat, inch, itch.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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