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Definition: Think Back |
Think BackVerb1. 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 BackSynonym: remember (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
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. | ||
| 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 | ||||
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. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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