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THINK

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Irregular inflected form: thought   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instance of deliberate thinking

Example:

I need to give it a good think

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("think" is a kind of...):

advisement; deliberation; weighing (careful consideration)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Derivation:

think (recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection)

think (be capable of conscious thought)

think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

think (have or formulate in the mind)

think (focus one's attention on a certain state)

think (ponder; reflect on, or reason about)

think (decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting)

think (imagine or visualize)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation

Example:

She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "think" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

Example:

call up memories

Synonyms:

call back; call up; recall; recollect; remember; retrieve; think

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "think"):

know (perceive as familiar)

recognise; recognize (perceive to be the same)

brush up; refresh; review (refresh one's memory)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Also:

think back (recapture the past; indulge in memories)

Derivation:

think (an instance of deliberate thinking)

thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be capable of conscious thought

Example:

Man is the only creature that thinks

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue think

Derivation:

think (an instance of deliberate thinking)

thought (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully)

thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments

Example:

I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere

Synonyms:

cerebrate; cogitate; think

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "think"):

think (decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting)

think (ponder; reflect on, or reason about)

think about (have on one's mind, think about actively)

devote; give; pay (dedicate)

center; centre; concentrate; focus; pore; rivet (direct one's attention on something)

associate; colligate; connect; link; link up; relate; tie in (make a logical or causal connection)

plan (make plans for something)

contemplate; meditate; study (think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes)

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

conclude; reason; reason out (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)

reason (think logically)

chew over; contemplate; excogitate; meditate; mull; mull over; muse; ponder; reflect; ruminate; speculate; think over (reflect deeply on a subject)

brainstorm (try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it)

philosophise; philosophize (reason philosophically)

think (have or formulate in the mind)

rationalise; rationalize (think rationally; employ logic or reason)

puzzle over (try to solve)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Also:

think out (consider carefully and rationally)

think over (reflect deeply on a subject)

think up (devise or invent)

Derivation:

thought; thinking (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully)

thinker (someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision))

thinker (an important intellectual)

think (an instance of deliberate thinking)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Have or formulate in the mind

Example:

think good thoughts

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "think" is one way to...):

cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

think (an instance of deliberate thinking)

thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Expect, believe, or suppose

Example:

I guess she is angry at me for standing her up

Synonyms:

guess; imagine; opine; reckon; suppose; think

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "think" is one way to...):

anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "think"):

suspect (hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

thought (a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Judge or regard; look upon; judge

Example:

The racist conceives such people to be inferior

Synonyms:

believe; conceive; consider; think

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "think" is one way to...):

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "think"):

hold (remain committed to)

rethink (change one's mind)

think (dispose the mind in a certain way)

be known as; esteem; know as; look on; look upon; regard as; repute; take to be; think of (look on as or consider)

feel (have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude)

consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They think that there was a traffic accident

Derivation:

thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

thought (a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Dispose the mind in a certain way

Example:

Do you really think so?

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "think" is one way to...):

believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

thought (the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Have in mind as a purpose

Example:

We thought to return early that night

Synonyms:

intend; mean; think

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "think"):

design (intend or have as a purpose)

be after; plan (have the will and intention to carry out some action)

aim; propose; purport; purpose (propose or intend)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

Sentence example:

They think to move

Sense 10

Meaning:

Focus one's attention on a certain state

Example:

think thin

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "think" is one way to...):

center; centre; concentrate; focus; pore; rivet (direct one's attention on something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s Adjective

Derivation:

think (an instance of deliberate thinking)

thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

Sense 11

Meaning:

Ponder; reflect on, or reason about

Example:

Think how hard life in Russia must be these days

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "think" is one way to...):

cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

Verb group:

think (decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE

Derivation:

think (an instance of deliberate thinking)

thought (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully)

thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

Sense 12

Meaning:

Decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting

Example:

Can you think what to do next?

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "think" is one way to...):

cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

Verb group:

think (ponder; reflect on, or reason about)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

think (an instance of deliberate thinking)

thinking (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully)

Sense 13

Meaning:

Imagine or visualize

Example:

Think what a scene it must have been!

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "think" is one way to...):

conceive of; envisage; ideate; imagine (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

think (an instance of deliberate thinking)

thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

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 Context examples: 

"Don't you think Gateshead Hall a very beautiful house?" asked he.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Some judged her to be cold and hard; but such a thought was treason.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But poor Mrs Clay who, with all her merits, can never have been reckoned tolerably pretty, I really think poor Mrs Clay may be staying here in perfect safety.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

I do not know if it is still standing, but I should think it likely, for it was not a place much given to change.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I always did think there was somethin' wrong with Fatty anyway."

(White Fang, by Jack London)

"Don't you like to dance, Miss Jo?" asked Laurie, looking as if he thought the name suited her.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

His age, she thought, would be rather over thirty than under it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale-A (BPRS-A) Unusual thought content.

(BPRS-A - Unusual Thought Content, NCI Thesaurus)

The way a person thinks about his or her body and how it looks to others.

(Body image, NCI Dictionary)

Does your child act without thinking first?

(Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)

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