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think verb [ θɪŋk ]

• have a particular opinion, belief, or idea about someone or something.
• "she thought that nothing would be the same again"
Similar: believe, be of the opinion, have as one's opinion, be of the view, be under the impression, expect, imagine, anticipate, surmise, suppose, conjecture, guess, fancy, conclude, determine, reason, reckon, figure, opine, ween, deem, judge, hold, consider, presume, estimate, regard as, view as,
• direct one's mind towards someone or something; use one's mind actively to form connected ideas.
• "he was thinking about Colin"
Similar: ponder, reflect, deliberate, meditate, contemplate, muse, cogitate, ruminate, be lost in thought, be in a brown study, brood, concentrate, rack one's brains, cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, sleep on it, cerebrate,
Opposite: act, leap into action,

think noun

• an act of thinking.
• "I went for a walk to have a think"
Similar: ponder, muse,
Origin: Old English thencan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German denken .

think ill of

• have a poor opinion of.
• "if he retires no one here will think ill of him"

think again

• reconsider something.
"the advisory committee must think again about its approach"

think aloud

• express one's thoughts as soon as they occur.
"no definite proposal, my dear chap—just thinking aloud"

think better of

• decide not to do (something) after reconsideration.
"he turned to shoot, then thought better of it"

think for oneself

• have an independent mind or attitude.
"the aim is to get the students to think for themselves"

think twice

• consider a course of action carefully before embarking on it.
"she would think twice about accepting a job where smoking was the norm"

think about

• take someone or something into account or consideration when deciding on a possible action.
"you can live how you like, but there's the children to think about"

think ahead

• think about a future event or situation and plan for it.
"she is already thinking ahead to her next career move"

think back

• recall a past event or time.
"I keep thinking back to school"

think into

• imagine what it would be like to be in a position or role.
"she tried to think herself into the part of Peter's fiancée"

think of

• have a specified opinion of something.
"she did not think highly of modern art"

think on

• think of or about someone or something.
"I think on her every day in my prayers"

think out

• consider all the possible effects or implications of something.
"the plan had not been properly thought out"

think over

• consider something carefully.
"he told the player to go home and think over his offer"

think up

• use one's ingenuity to invent or devise something.
"Nick went away to think up an alternative plan"

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