Think

Definition: Think

Think

Noun

1. (informal) an instance of deliberate thinking: "I need to give it a good think".

Verb

1. 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".

2. 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".

3. 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".

4. 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".

5. Imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!".

6. Focus one's attention on a certain state; "Think big"; "think thin".

7. 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".

8. Decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting; "Can you think what to do next?".

9. Ponder; reflect on, or reason about; "Think the matter through"; "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days".

10. : dispose the mind in a certain way; "Do you really think so?".

11. : have or formulate in the mind; "think good thoughts".

12. : be capable of conscious thought; "Man is the only creature that thinks".

13. : bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam".

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

Date "think" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Think \Think\, noun. Act of thinking; a thought. [Obsolete or Colloquial]. (references)

Synonyms: Think

Crosswords: Think

Pidgin English (to think).

I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans who are trained to kill me, so don't think you can come down here, flash a badge, and make me nervous (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

I've gotten used to ignoring them and I think, as a result, they've kind of given up on me. I think that's what it's like with all our dreams and our nightmares, Martin, we've got to keep feeding them for them to stay alive (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Your father seems to think this type of behavior is something to be proud of. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

Do you think someday people will get Tibet on their movie screens and wonder what happened to us (Seven Years in Tibet; writing credit: Becky Johnston)

When you think about it, it's just as arbitrary as drinking coffee (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon)

What made you think I wanted to keep you around (Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You); performing artist: Janet Jackson)

And I think I know what it is (I think that I'm in love with you; performing artist: Jessica Simpson)

When your out in the club, don't think I'm not (Don't Think I'm Not; performing artist: Kandi)

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

Feelin' like a white, I think it doesn't matter (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited)

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. (references; author: Mark Twain)

If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever. (references; author: Woody Allen)

A drop of ink may make a million think. (references; author: unknown)

Ever stop to think and forget to start again? (references; author: unknown)

To be or not to be? I think its a trick question. (references; author: unknown)

I Don't Think It's Meant for Us (1971)

Think Before You Pink (1969)

Think Shrink (1966)

For Those Who Think Young (1964)

I Think They Call Him John (1964)

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

I Think I'm In Love (performing artist: Jessica Simpson)

Don't Think I'm Not (performing artist: Kandi)

I WILL ALWAYS THINK ABOUT YOU  (performing artist: New Colony 6 )

DON'T THINK TWICE,IT'S ALRIGHT  (performing artist: Paul & Mary  Peter)

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

References

• THINK TOOLS AG: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Burgeoning Conservative Think Tanks (reference)

• Presentations: How to Calm Down, Think Clearly, and Captivate Your Audience (reference)

• When Men Think Private Thoughts Exploring The Issues That Captivate The Minds Of Men (reference)

• The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: Inside Oracle Corporation: God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison (reference)

• The False Fat Diet: The Revolutionary 21-Day Program for Losing the Weight You Think Is Fat [BARGAIN PRICE] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Think (reference)

• Think In English (reference)

• Think Research (reference)

• Think! (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• I Think I Do (reference)

• Think Big (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• I Think We're All Bozos on the (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• 128MB MODULE FOR THE IBM THINK (reference)

• Berlitz Think and Talk German (reference)

• Carmen Think Quick (Jewel Case) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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

I think I'll take this thing for a spin NOAA diver gets ready for a spin on a tourist moped At the end of the cruise ship piers in Nassau. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

NOAA helicopter pilots do the darndest things! I think I'll crawl in this hole and find out what's there Photo #1 of sequence Operations off of SURVEYOR. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Boy, does it get foggy around here. I think I saw a cruise ship out there somewhere!. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Boy! That milk was good. Think I'll take a nap. Note bloody umbilical cord area. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Three-sixteenths-inch-long Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (14-spot) lady beetles look for aphids on a fava bean leaf. Scientists think the beetles might be helpful in controlling Russian wheat aphids that now infest 17 Great Plains and Western states. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Thinking About Drinking & Driving? : Think Again. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Life without a driver's license? : Think about it before you drink and drive. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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.

Wonder if they think these are snakes?. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And I think it is plain, that it is far different from a politic society. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 1: The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person. (reference)

They shall be entitled as often as they think desirable to proceed to any point whatever in German territory, or to send subcommissions, or to authorise one or more of their members to go, to any such point. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Though I think he had better not have married

Now I think this case well worth stating, publicly and clearly

Something else to think of.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes

Yet, if death be in this cup, I bid thee think again, ere thou beholdest me quaff it.

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

Who think too little, and who talk too much

If you think I have an excrementitious intelligence run after Donovan and ask him to listen to you.

Sometimes I think the flutter in her heart is really in her brain

A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Q. I think I have symptoms of West Nile virus. (references)

When I hear “menopause,” I think “hot flashes. (references)

Tell the doctor what you think he or she needs to know. (references)

Business

Some foreign suppliers may think airway bills are complicated. (references)

Other companies think that those same services are value-added services. (references)

Many think they have seen what is to seen in Europe and want to go further. (references)

Civil Liberties

Egypt

On May 6, the Islamic Research Center called for the banning from circulation of two books, "The Woes of Toads," by Alaa Hamed and "A Call to Think About the Quran and the Hadith," by Ibrahim Abu Khalil. (references)

Economic History

Austria

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

Japan

Its two main functions are to serve as a think tank for politicians and to try to coordinate among the other ministries on crosscutting policies. (references)

Human Rights

Yemen

The Center for Future Studies, a think tank affiliated with the Islaah Party, issues an annual report on human rights practices, providing a wide-ranging overview of human rights. (references)

Political Economy

URUGUAY

According to a recent study by a well-known think tank, utility demonopolization would create 45,000 new jobs. (references)

Trade

Nigeria

The application for exemption from disclosing certain details about the applicant is to be made to the Secretary of the Government of the Federation (SGF). If successful, the request of the applicant is granted upon such terms and conditions, as the National Council of Ministers may think fit. (references)

Travel

Korea

Whereas an American may think in individual terms, (i.e., what is in my best interest?), the Korean oftentimes thinks in-group terms, (i.e. what is in the best interest of the group and how can I help to maintain harmony within the group?) For this reason, the majority of Koreans are intensely patriotic, calling Korea by the term, "oo-ri-na-ra," ("our" country). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "think": ability to think in abstract terms ♦ as i think ♦ as you think ♦ come to think of it ♦ do you think he is likely to move in this affair? ♦ don't even think about doing it ♦ i cannot think that ♦ i can't think what you mean ♦ i don't think so ♦ i should think so! ♦ i think i have food poisoning ♦ i think rather ♦ i think so ♦ i think therefore i am ♦ let me think ♦ make think ♦ not think small beer of oneself ♦ not think vin ordinaire of oneself ♦ please think about it ♦ she likes to think that ♦ stop and think ♦ stop to think ♦ think a lot of ♦ think a lot of oneself ♦ think a matter over ♦ think about ♦ think again ♦ think ahead ♦ think aloud ♦ think away ♦ think back ♦ think better of ♦ think better of it ♦ think better of smb. ♦ think better of smth. ♦ think C ♦ think deeply ♦ think differently ♦ think evil ♦ think evil thoughts ♦ think factory ♦ think fit ♦ think fit to ♦ think fit to do smth. ♦ think for ♦ think great thoughts ♦ think hard ♦ think high of ♦ think highly of ♦ think ill of smb. ♦ think in relative terms ♦ think it a duty to ♦ think it necessary to ♦ think it over ♦ think likely ♦ think little of ♦ think meanly of ♦ think much of ♦ think no small beer of oneself ♦ think no small of oneself ♦ think nothing of ♦ think nothing of it ♦ think nothing of it! ♦ think of ♦ think of oneself as ♦ think of smb. ♦ think on ♦ think one is the cat's pyjamas ♦ think one is the cat's whiskers ♦ think oneself no small potatoes ♦ think otherwise ♦ think out ♦ think out a plan ♦ think over ♦ think poorly ♦ think poorly of ♦ think proper ♦ think right ♦ think smth. likely that ♦ think straight ♦ think tank ♦ think the world of ♦ think the world of smb. ♦ think the worst of ♦ think through ♦ think too much of ♦ think trough ♦ think twice ♦ think twice about ♦ think twice before you speak once ♦ think up ♦ think up a plan ♦ think well of ♦ think what you are doing! ♦ think worthy ♦ To think better of ♦ To think good ♦ To think much ♦ To think much of ♦ To think scorn ♦ To think well of. Additional references.

Beginning with "think": think-big, think--by, think-ers, think-i, think-i'm-gonna-dance, think-piece, think-so, think-tank, think-tankers, think-tanks.

Ending with "think": out-think, re-think.

Containing "think": do-you-think-he-saw-us.

Afrikaans

dink (account, deem, do think, opine), oorweeg (account, consider, esteem, reflect, reflect on, regard, take, take into account, think about), hom besin (reflect, reflect on, think about), bedink (reflect, reflect on, think about), ag (account, accredit, acuity, advertence, advertency, ah, attention, believe, consider, deem, eight, esteem, look, oh, opine, ow, regard, think well of, view, watch, woe). (various references)

Albanian

mendoj (believe, conceive, consider, contemplate, deem, deliberate, dream up, elaborate, expect, fancy, feel, figure, guess, hold, imagine, judge, mean, opine, ponder, rate, reason, reckon for, reflect, regard, repute, say, study, suppose, take, Trow, try, understand, ween). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فكرة (conceit, concept, conception, idea, impression, motif, notion, opinion, outline, thought, view), ‏فكر مليا (contemplate, meditate, ponder, reflect, ruminate, weigh), ‏فكر (bethink, cerebrate, consider, contemplate, idea, meditate, reason, reflect, speculate on, think out, think over, thought), ‏مثير للتفكير, ‏قدر (afford, amount, appraise, appreciate, assess, assume, be able to, be capable of, believe, can, consider, cost, count, deal, degree, esteem, estimate, evaluate, guess, lot, magnitude, manage to, measure, number, predestination, predestine, predetermine, presume, prize, proportion, quantity, rate, size, suppose, treasure, value, volume), ‏تخيل (conceive, dream up, envisage, fancy, feature, fiction, figure, figure to oneself, image, imagine, make believe, picture, project oneself, see, vision, visualization, visualize), ‏تأمل (cogitative, consider, contemplate, contemplation, meditate, meditation, muse, observation, ponder, pore over, rumble, ruminate, rumination, speculate, study, think out, think over, thinking), ‏إعتقد (believe, calculate, conceive, consider, deem, imagine, reckon, say, suppose), ‏رأي (consideration, deliverance, feeling, idea, judgement, judgment, mind, opinion, persuasion, saw, say, sentiment, theory, verdict, view), ‏ظن (calculate, fancy, guess, imagine, misgiving, reckon, suppose, supposition, surmise, suspect). (various references)

Basque

uste. (various references)

Bulgarian 

считам (conceive, deem, esteem, guess, hold, look on, make, reckon, regard, repute, see, suppose, vote), сещам се, размишление (cogitation, contemplation, meditation, muse, musing, reflection, speculation), разбирам (apprehend, catch on, comprehend, cotton, discover, fathom, figure out, find out, follow, grasp, grip, have, latch, make out, penetrate, perceive, pick up, realize, riddle, rumble, see, see through, sense, take, take in, understand, work out), въобразявам си (fancy, image, imagine, represent to oneself, suppose), възнамерявам (aim, design, have the intention, intend, mean, propose, purpose, think of), на мнение съм (opine), мисля (deliberate, figure, guess, imagine, opine, pore, puzzle, puzzle over, reason, reckon, repute, see, suppose, ween, weigh), мислене (cogitation, thinking, thought), замислям се (be lost in thought, become thoughtful, meditate), представям си (conceive, dream, envisage, fancy, figure to oneself, image, imagine, picture to oneself, represent to oneself, see, suppose), предполагам (assume, believe, conjecture, divine, expect, guess, imagine, implicate, imply, postulate, presume, presuppose, reckon, suppose, suspect, take, take a notion, think for, ween), помислям си (consider, reflect), помислям (see). (various references)

Catalan

pensar, crec. (various references)

Chinese 

认为 (thinking), 看 (it depends, to guard, to look after, to look at, to see, to take care of, to watch, whirlwind), 思考 . (various references)

Croatian

mislite, mislio, mislim. (various references)

Czech

zamýšlet (contemplate, intend, mean, purpose, think of), uvažovat (cogitate, ponder, ratiocinate, reflect, revolve, ruminate, think of), přemýšlet (contemplate, meditate, muse, reflect, speculate, study, think over), představit si (envisage, fancy, imagine, see, visualize), oèekávat (anticipate, await, be expecting, expect, look forward to, visualize), myslit (reason), myslet (expect), hodlat (be about to, intend), domnívat se (assume, conjecture, expect, feel, guess, hold, judge, opine, presume, suppose). (various references)

Danish

tænke. (various references)

Dutch

geloven (account, accredit, behind believe, believe, deem, opine), achten (account, deem, esteem, opine, think well of). (various references)

Esperanto

pripensi (reflect on, think about), pensi, opinii (deem, opine), opinias. (various references)

Estonian

arvate, arvan. (various references)

Faeroese

hugsa. (various references)

Farsi 

فکرکردن (Reflect), گمان کردن (Reckon, Suppose, Suspect), خیال کردن (Deem), اندیشیدن (Contemplate, Speculate). (various references)

Finnish

arvella (about, account, consider, deem, hesitate, opine, suppose), ajatella (consider). (various references)

Flemish

denkt, denk. (various references)

French

penser, réfléchir (think about), pensez. (various references)

French Canadian

pense. (various references)

Frisian

miene (account, deem, opine), achtsje (account, consider, deem, look, opine, regard, view, watch), achtenearje (account, consider, deem, look, opine, regard, view, watch). (various references)

Galician

penso (I think), creo (I think), cré (do you think). (various references)

German

denken (believe, conceive, conceive of, expect, feel, mind, reasoning, reckon, speculate, suppose, thinking, thought, thoughts, to think), meinen (account, believe, deem, fancy, feel, guess, hear, intend, mean, opine, reckon, to opine), glauben (accept, account, accredit, belief, beliefs, believe, credit, deem, estimate, expect, faith, fancy, figure, guess, hear, hold, reckon, suppose, to believe, to estimate, trust). (various references)

Greek 

σκέπτομαι (cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, meditate, speculate), νομίζω (guess, methinks, opine, reckon, reckon on). (various references)

Haitian Creole

panse (thought). (various references)

Hebrew 

מחשבה (apprehension, conception, device, idea, mind, skill, thinking, thought), לפלל (entreat, plead, pray, supplicate), לחשוב (consider, figure, intend, mean, meditate, reckon, think over), להרהר (contemplate, meditate, muse, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate), לסבור (believe, deem, mean, opine, reckon, suppose, surmise), חשב (accountant), הרהור (contemplation, meditation, reflection, rumination, speculation, thought). (various references)

Hungarian

gondol (believe, expect, figure, opine, reckon, thought, to conceit, to judge, to opine, to put down, to remember, to suppose, to think, to trow). (various references)

Icelandic

mér finnst (account, deem, opine), hugsa, held. (various references)

Indonesian

sangka (guess), berpikir. (various references)

Inuktitut

isumajuq (to think). (various references)

Irish

meas (consider, respect), gceapann. (various references)

Italian

pensare (bear in mind, believe, consider, debate, decide, deem, find, hold, imagine, mean, mind, reasoning, see, see to, take care), stimare (account, appraise, appreciate, assess, consider, esteem, estimate, Gage, gauge, judge, prize, rate, reckon, regard, repute, respect, think well of, value), riflettere (be reflected, bethink, consider, deliberate, image, ponder, reflect, think about, think over). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

て拳道 (copula, detective, Don't you agree?, event, guess, has become possible, hope, huge, huge breasts, I fear, I hope, I think, I thought you'd say that!, in a big way, is now possible, it seems, may, polite copula in Japanese, probably, surely, Tae Kwon Do, therefore, to be, will). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

でしょう (Don't you agree?, guess, hope, I thought you'd say that!). (various references)

Korean 

생각하십시요 (remember). (various references)

Luganda

ndowooza (I think). (various references)

Luxembourgish

mengt, mengen (my). (various references)

Malagasy

mihevitra (to think). (various references)

Malay

fikir, berpikir. (various references)

Manx

smooinaghtyn (bethink, cogitate, cogitation, far-away, imagination, reflect, reflecting, thinking, thought), smooinaght (concept, impression, notion, opinion, sentiment, thought), smooinaghey (reflect), smooinagh. (various references)

Maori

whakaaro-tia (to think). (various references)

Maya

tuukul (to think). (various references)

Norwegian

tenke. (various references)

Occitan

pensar. (various references)

Papiamen

pensa, opiná (account, deem, opine). (various references)

Pidgin English

tink (to think), think (to think). (various references)

Pig Latin

inkthay.(various references)

Polish

przemyśleć (reflect on, think about), myśleć, mniemać (account, deem, opine), śadzieć (account, deem, opine). (various references)

Portuguese

pensar (believe, brain, debate, guess, imagine, reason, reflect on, see, think about, thinking, trow). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

acha. (various references)

Quechua

sina (I think). (various references)

Romanian

gãsi (consider, discover, find, get, hit, meet, pin down, procure, strike), bãnui (anticipate, conjecture, distrust, doubt, feel, foreknow, foresee, guess, imagine, mistrust, presume, smoke, sniff, suppose, surmise, suspect), chibzui (arrange, calculate, consider, ponderate, reflect, ruminate, weigh), chiti (adorn, aim at, arrange, consider, embellish, happen, hit), concepe (cogitate, compose, conceive, conceive of, devise, draft, gender, hatch, ideate, imagine, indite, rough draft, sketch, word, write), considera (call, consider, count, debate, deem, describe as, esteem, examine, fancy, feel, find, give smb. credit for, guess, hold, interpret, judge, make, make out, personalize, put, rank, rate, regard, see), crede (account, accredit, assume, believe, consider, credit, deem, expect, fancy, figure, guess, imagine, put credit in, reckon, seeing is believing, suppose), afla (appear, be, consider, discover, experience, find, hear, learn, see, strike, suppose, understand), gândi (believe, deem, hesitate, hope, imagine, reason, reflect, ruminate, suppose), zice (affirm, call, declare, have, pretend, pronounce, put, read, recite, say, sing, tell), imagina (conceive, devise, fancy, frame, ideate, imagine, invent, picture, visualize), judeca (adjudge, adjudicate, calculate, censure, condemn, criticize, deem, discuss, give, judge, ratiocinate, reason, slate, try), medita (brood, coach, cogitate, contemplate, debate, meditate, muse, reflect, ruminate, study for, study on, tutor), opina (opine, reckon, suppose), se gândi (brood, consider, muse, see, study for, study on, ween), socoti (account, believe, calculate, call, cipher out, compute, consider, count, deem, esteem, examine, fancy, feel, figure, find, guess, hold, imagine, judge, make, number, put, rate, reckon, regard, suppose, tally, work out), cugeta (cogitate, consider, meditate, muse). (various references)

Romansch

patratgar (to think). (various references)

Romany

godisaràv (to think). (various references)

Russian 

думать (deem, dream, trow, ween), подумать. (various references)

Scottish

smaoinich, smaoin (a thought. See <A HREF="mf11.html#smuain">smuain</A>), saoil (a mark, deem, imagine, suppose). (various references)