thinking Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
   cerebration; mentation; thought; intellection; thought process.
   
   • thinking always made him frown
   • she paused for thought
2. verb judge or regard; look upon; judge
   conceive; believe; think; consider.
   
   • 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
3. verb expect, believe, or suppose
   guess; reckon; suppose; imagine; opine; think.
   
   • 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
4. verb use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
   cogitate; cerebrate; think.
   
   • I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere
5. verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
   retrieve; remember; recall; recollect; call back; think; call 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
6. verb imagine or visualize
   think.
   
   • Just think--you could be rich one day!
   • Think what a scene it must have been!
7. verb focus one's attention on a certain state
   think.
   
   • Think big
   • think thin
8. verb have in mind as a purpose
   intend; think; mean.
   
   • I mean no harm
   • I only meant to help you
   • She didn't think to harm me
   • We thought to return early that night
9. verb decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
   think.
   
   • Can you think what to do next?
10. verb ponder; reflect on, or reason about
    think.
    
    • Think the matter through
    • Think how hard life in Russia must be these days
11. verb dispose the mind in a certain way
    think.
    
    • Do you really think so?
12. verb have or formulate in the mind
    think.
    
    • think good thoughts
13. verb be capable of conscious thought
    think.
    
    • Man is the only creature that thinks
14. verb bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
    think.
    
    • She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam
15. adjective satellite endowed with the capacity to reason
    intelligent; reasoning.
    

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