What does Think Mean?

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • an instance of deliberate thinking
Definition as Verb
  • imagine or visualize
  • focus one's attention on a certain state
  • decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
  • ponder; reflect on, or reason about
  • dispose the mind in a certain way
  • have or formulate in the mind
  • be capable of conscious thought
  • bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
  • judge or regard; look upon; judge
  • use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
  • have in mind as a purpose
  • expect, believe, or suppose
  • recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

Examples

  • "I need to give it a good think"
  • "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "think what a scene it must have been!"
  • "think big"; "think thin"
  • "Can you think what to do next?"
  • "think the matter through"; "think how hard life in Russia must be these days"
  • "Do you really think so?"
  • "think good thoughts"
  • "Man is the only creature that thinks"
  • "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"
  • "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"
  • "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"
  • "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"
  • "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"
  • "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"

Part of Speech

Noun, Verb