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| Verb | 1. | think of - keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!" bear in mind, mind - keep in mind retain - keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information" keep note - maintain in the forefront of one's awareness; "He kept note of the location of the soldiers" characterize, characterise, qualify - describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover" |
| 2. |  think of - take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"contemplate - consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job" | |
| 3. | think of - look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" | |
| 4. | think of - intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" | |
| 5. | think of - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands | |
| 6. | think of - choose in one's mind; "Think of any integer between 1 and 25" |
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think
verbthink about1. To think or think about carefully and at length:
chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh.
Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain.
2. To use the powers of the mind, as in conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and making judgments:
Idioms: put on one's thinking cap, use one's head.
5. To have an opinion:
Idiom: be of the opinion.
6. To renew an image or thought in the mind:
Idiom: bring to mind.
think aboutphrasal verb
think of
2. To care enough to keep (someone) in mind:
think out
To think or think about carefully and at length:
chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think over, think through, turn over, weigh.
Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain.
think over
To think or think about carefully and at length:
chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think through, turn over, weigh.
Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain.
think through
To think or think about carefully and at length:
chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, turn over, weigh.
Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain.
think up
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Translations
يَتَذَكَّريَتَذَكَّر، يُفَكِّر فييَكونُ مُسْتَعِدّا
myslit napomyslit navzpomenout si
forestille sigkomme i tanke om
hugsa sérhugsa um/út í; munamuna
myslieť napomyslieť na
aklında olmakdüşünmekhatırlamakistekli olmak
w>think of
vi +prep obj
(= consider, give attention to) → denken an (+acc); I’ve too many things to think of just now → ich habe gerade zu viel um die Ohren (inf); I’ve enough things to think of as it is → ich habe sowieso schon den Kopf voll or schon genug um die Ohren (inf); he has his family to think of → er muss an seine Familie denken; he thinks of nobody but himself → er denkt bloß an sich; what was I thinking of! (inf) → was habe ich mir da(bei) bloß gedacht?; come to think of it → wenn ich es mir recht überlege
(= remember) → denken an (+acc); will you think of me sometimes? → wirst du manchmal an mich denken?; I can’t think of her name → ich kann mich nicht an ihren Namen erinnern, ich komme nicht auf ihren Namen
(= imagine) → sich (dat) → vorstellen, bedenken, sich (dat) → denken; and to think of her going there alone! → und wenn man bedenkt or sich (dat) → vorstellt, dass sie ganz allein dorthin gehen will/geht/ging; think of the cost of all that! → stell dir bloß vor or denk dir bloß, was das alles kostet; just think of him in a kilt! → stellen Sie sich (dat) → ihn mal in einem Schottenrock vor!
(= entertain possibility of) she’d never think of getting married → sie denkt gar nicht daran zu heiraten; he’d never think of such a thing → so etwas würde ihm nicht im Traum einfallen; would you think of lowering the price a little? → würden Sie unter Umständen den Preis etwas ermäßigen?
(= devise, suggest) solution, idea, scheme → sich (dat) → ausdenken; who thought of that idea? → wer ist auf diese Idee gekommen or verfallen?; who thought of that plan? → wer hat sich diesen Plan ausgedacht?; the best thing I can think of is to go home → ich halte es für das Beste, nach Hause zu gehen; shoes for dogs! what will they think of next! → Schuhe für Hunde! was sie sich wohl (nächstens) noch alles einfallen lassen!
(= have opinion of) → halten von; what do you think of it/him? → was halten Sie davon/von ihm?; to think well or highly of somebody/something → eine gute or hohe Meinung von jdm/etw haben, viel von jdm/etw halten; to think little or not to think much of somebody/something → wenig or nicht viel von jdm/etw halten; I told him what I thought of him → ich habe ihm gründlich die or meine Meinung gesagt; he is very well thought of in his own town → in seiner Heimatstadt hält man große Stücke auf ihn
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think
(θiŋk) – past tense, past participle thought (θoːt) – verb1. (often with about) to have or form ideas in one's mind. Can babies think?; I was thinking about my mother.
2. to have or form opinions in one's mind; to believe. He thinks (that) the world is flat; What do you think of his poem?; What do you think about his suggestion?; He thought me very stupid.
3. to intend or plan (to do something), usually without making a final decision. I must think what to do; I was thinking of/about going to London next week.
4. to imagine or expect. I never thought to see you again; Little did he think that I would be there as well.
noun the act of thinking. Go and have a think about it.
ˈthinker noun a person who thinks, especially deeply and constructively. He's one of the world's great thinkers.
-thought-out planned. a well-thought-out campaign.
think better of1. to think again and decide not to; to reconsider. He was going to ask for more money, but he thought better of it.
2. to think that (someone) could not be so bad etc. I thought better of you than to suppose you would do that.
think highly/well/badly etc of to have a good, or bad, opinion of. She thought highly of him and his poetry.
think little of / not think much of to have a very low opinion of. He didn't think much of what I had done; He thought little of my work.
think of1. to remember to do (something); to keep in one's mind; to consider. You always think of everything!; Have you thought of the cost involved?
2. to remember. I couldn't think of her name when I met her at the party.
3. (with would, ~should, ~not, ~never etc) to be willing to do (something). I would never think of being rude to her; He couldn't think of leaving her.
think out to plan; to work out in the mind. He thought out the whole operation.
think over to think carefully about; to consider all aspects of (an action, decision etc). He thought it over, and decided not to go.
think twice (often with about) to hesitate before doing (something); to decide not to do (something one was intending to do). I would think twice about going, if I were you.
think up to invent; to devise. He thought up a new process.
think the world of to be very fond of. He thinks the world of his wife.
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