Think Of

Definition: Think Of

Think Of

Verb

1. Keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!".

2. Look on as or consider: "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician".

3. Take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America".

4. "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!".

5. Devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software".

6. Choose in one's mind; "Think of any integer between 1 and 25".

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

Synonyms: Think Of

Attention

Verb: be attentive; Adjective: attend, advert to, observe, look, see, view, remark, notice, regard, take notice, mark; give attention to, pay attention to, pay heed to, give heed to; incline an ear to, lend an ear to; trouble one's head about; give a thought to, animadvert to; occupy oneself with; contemplate; (think of); look at, look to, look after, look into, look over; see to; turn the mind to, bend the mind to, apply the mind to, direct the mind to, give the mind to, turn the eye to, bend the eye to, apply the eye to, direct the eye to, give the eye to, turn the attention to, bend the attention to, apply the attention to, direct the attention to, give the attention to; have an eye to, have in one's eye; bear in mind; take into account, take into consideration; keep in sight, keep in view; have regard to, heed, mind, take cognizance of entertain, recognize; make note of, take note of; note.

Defiance

Phrase: noli me tangere; nemo me impune lacessit; don't tread on me; don't you dare; don't even think of it; "Go ahead, make my day!".

Incogitancy

Verb: not think; not think of; dismiss from the mind, dismiss from the thoughts.

Intention

Take upon oneself; (undertake); take into one's head; meditate, contemplate of, think of, dream of, talk of; premeditate; compass, calculate; destine, destinate; propose.

Judgment

Form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account; regard, consider, think of; look upon; (believe); review; size up.

Occasion

Phrase: carpe diem; occasionem cognosce; one's hour is come, the time is up; that reminds me, now that you mention it, come to think of it; bien perdu bien connu; e sempre l'ora; ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius; nosce tempus; nunc aut nunquam.

Crosswords: Think Of

You've gotta control yourself and think of something non-sexual. (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg)

Anybody think of anything in here that, uh, might bother Bobby Ray? (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox)

You have to think of a name for him. (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders)

Ripley! Think of all that we can learn from it! (Alien�; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett)

Well, Luther, if it makes you feel any better, I'll always think of you that way. (Mission: Impossible; writing credit: David Koepp and Robert Towne. Based on the television series)

And everytime I think of you (Every Time I Think Of You; performing artist: The Babys)

When all you think of all day long (Girls of Summer; performing artist: Aerosmith)

Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow, (Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning); performing artist: Alan Jackson)

Whenever I think of the early 90's your face comes up with a vengeance like it (Unsent; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

We can't even think of a word that rhymes (School's Out; performing artist: Alice Cooper)

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. (references; author: Mark Twain)

People would worry less about what others think of them if they only realized how seldom they do. (references; author: unknown)

A Purple Heart just proves that you were smart enough to think of a plan, stupid enough to try it, and lucky enough to survive. (references; author: unknown)

We'll Think of a Title Don't Worry (1966)

What Will They Think of Next? (1998)

Why Didn't I Think of That? (1992)

We'll Think of Something (1986)

Think of a Number (1984)

When I Think Of You (performing artist: Janet Jackson)

Every Time I Think of You (performing artist: The Babys)

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Books

• The coming struggle: or, What the people on the Pacific coast think of the coolie invasion (reference)

• Why Didn't I Think of That? Think the Unthinkable and Achieve Creative Greatness (reference)

• Think of an Eel (Read and Wonder) (reference)

• Girls Think of Everything : Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women (reference)

• What You Think of Me Is None of My Business (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Mary, he faltered, Mary, do you suppose it's possible you could ever think of marrying me?. Credit: Library of Congress.

We must think of it as a kind of sign. Credit: Library of Congress.

The merchant was unable to think of excuses fast enough. Credit: Library of Congress.

Why didn't you think of that? All you ever told 'em is they've got to pay more. / Berryman. Credit: Library of Congress.

Now why didn't I think of that. Credit: Library of Congress.

What every husband knows. Think of the tremendous age in which we are living! Think of ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Think of the benefits of full employment : vote NDP. Credit: Library of Congress.

Think of your children : vote NDP. Credit: Library of Congress.

Liberal councillors think of you first, vote Liberal. Credit: Library of Congress.

We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills, and winding streams with tangled growth as wild ... Credit: Library of Congress.

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To which, if we add, that monarchy being simple, and most obvious to men, whom neither experience had instructed in forms of government, nor the ambition or insolence of empire had taught to beware of the encroachments of prerogative, or the inconveniences of absolute power, which monarchy in succession was apt to lay claim to, and bring upon them, it was not at all strange, that they should not much trouble themselves to think of methods of restraining any exorbitances of those to whom they had given the authority over them, and of balancing the power of government, by placing several parts of it in different hands. (Second Treatise of Government)

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Her father composed himself to sleep after dinner, as usual, and she had then only to sit and think of what she had lost.

But he was far too much excited to think of what he was doing.

Something else to think of.

Meanwhile, nevertheless, it was sad to think of the perchance mortal agony through which he must struggle towards his triumph.

He began in spite of himself to think of other things, of indifferent things.

Lavender and cream and pink roses were beautiful to think of.

Bid Gloucester think of this, and he will weep.

Got to think of my own kids.

I saw nothing in this country that could invite me to a longer continuance, and began to think of returning home to England.

When they make us an offer, is it wise to say, We will think of it?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

You can think of a health topic page as a guide to patient guides. (references)

After reading this e-text, you may think of questions that you would like answered. (references)

When I think about getting older, I think of my dad's parents, and I don't know what to expect. (references)

Business

British vacationers typically think of Florida and California, and to a lesser extent Arizona, when they plan sun holidays and are often unaware of attractive sun and beach venues available in other states. (references)

Economic History

Austria

We tend to think of Austria in terms of skiing, the opera, and Mozart. (references)

Jamaica

While mail order sales and catalogs have not been very popular, moves towards deregulation and liberalization in Jamaica have compelled persons in retailing to think of more creative ways of getting their message to customers and achieving sales growth. (references)

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "think of": come to think of it ♦ think of oneself as ♦ think of smb. ♦ you have to think of the future. Additional references.

Albanian

mendoj për (muse about, see about). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فكر ب (cogitate, have in mind). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съобразявам се с, спомням си за, възнамерявам (aim, design, have the intention, intend, mean, propose, purpose, think), вземам под внимание (have respect to, heed, take into account, take into consideration), намислям си, мисля за (think about), предлагам (bid, hold forth, offer, present, proffer, propone, propose, put forth, set up, suggest, vote), имам оформено мнение за, имам предвид (allude, bear in mind, consider, consult, discount, envisage, intend, mean, refer), досещам се за. (various references)

Chinese 

思念 (long for, miss). (various references)

Czech

zamýšlet (contemplate, intend, mean, purpose, think), uvažovat (cogitate, ponder, ratiocinate, reflect, revolve, ruminate, think), myslit na. (various references)

Finnish

tulla ajatelleeksi jotakin (happen to think of), selkääni karmii sitä ajatellessani (it gives me the shivers to think of it), mitä pidät tästä? (how do you like this? what do you think of this?), mitä asiasta tuumaat? (what do you think of it?), minua puistattaa sitä ajatellessani (I shudder at the thought, I shudder to think of it), kuinka tulit sitä ajatelleeksi? (what made you think of that? what put the idea into your mind?), en voisi ajatellakaan tehdä sellaista (I shouldn't think of doing such a thing!), en voi keksiä (I can't think of), en muista hänen nimeään (I can't think of his name), ajattelehan kustannuksia (think of the cost). (various references)

French

regarder � (think about), avoir l'idée de. (various references)

German

verfallen auf (resort to), kommen auf (add up to, come on to, come to, come up with), halten von (make of), gedenken (commemorate, commemoration, memory, propose, recall, recollect, remember), denken an (contemplate, remember, witness), ausdenken (conceive, concoct, contrive, devise, imagine, invent, make through, make up, plan, strikeout, think out, think up, to conceive, to invent, to think out, work out). (various references)

Greek 

σκέφτομαι (brood over, contemplate, think, think up). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחשוב על. (various references)

Hungarian

nem feledkezik meg, megfontol (measure, think over, to cogitate, to contemplate, to deliberate, to reflect, to think of, to weigh), gondol valamire (bear in mind, have in mind). (various references)

Italian

considerare (account, bethink, call, consider, consider oneself, contemplate, count, debate, esteem, find, lookup, ponder, put down, rate, reck, reckon, reckon in, regard, revolve, take, take into account, think highly of, to consider, to treat, treat, view). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

考えつく (to come up with, to think of), 考え付く (to come up with, to think of), 思い�"る (to think of), 思いつく (to be struck with an idea, to come into one's mind, to hit upon, to think of), 思い付く (to be struck with an idea, to come into one's mind, to hit upon, to think of), 思い�'致す (to give one's thought to, to think of), 所ではない (too preoccupied or busy to even think of ~), 故人�'偲ぶ (to think of the dead). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おもいつく (to be struck with an idea, to come into one's mind, to hit upon, to think of), おもいあたる (to come to mind, to recall, to think of), おもい�'いたす (to give one's thought to, to think of), ど�"ろではない (too preoccupied or busy to even think of ~), か�"がえつく (to come up with, to think of), �"じ�"�'しのぶ (to think of the dead). (various references)

Pig Latin

inkthay ofay

Romanian

se gândi la (bethink oneself of, conceive of, think about). (various references)

Russian 

придумать (think up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

misliti o. (various references)

Swedish

tänka sig (fancy, figure, imagine), tänka på (consult, frame, have in mind, mind, think about), komma på (accede to, be found out, detect, fall on, find out, take, think up), fundera på (debate, reflect, think about), betänka (bear in mind, consider, reflect, reflect on, think, think about), besinna (change one's mind, consider, reflect, reflect on, think, think about). (various references)

Turkish

düşünmek (allow, balance, be pensive, bethink oneself, cerebrate, cogitate, conceive, consider, consult, contemplate, deliberate, envision, excogitate, fancy, figure, give a thought, give thought to, imagine, intend, meditate, opine, reason, reflect, remember, ruminate, suppose, think), aklına gelmek (come back, come to one's mind, cross one's mind, enter one's head, occur one's mind, recur to one's memory). (various references)

recordor. (various references)

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

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: think.

-3 letters: fink, fino, fohn, foin, font, hint, honk, ikon, info, into, kino, kith, knit, knot, oink, thin, thio.

-4 letters: fin, fit, foh, fon, hin, hit, hon, hot, ink, ion, khi, kif, kin, kit, koi, nit, noh, not, nth, oft, tho, tin, ton.

-5 letters: hi, ho, if, in, it, no, of, oh, on, ti.

+5 letters: cockfighting, pitchforking.