THINK ABOUT

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I. (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take into consideration, have in view

Example:

He entertained the notion of moving to South America

Synonyms:

entertain; flirt with; think about; think of; toy with

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

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

contemplate (consider as a possibility)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have on one's mind, think about actively

Example:

She always thinks about her children first

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "think about" 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)

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

mind (be concerned with or about something or somebody)

consider; deal; look at; take (take into consideration for exemplifying purposes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Credits

Context examples:

These findings add to the way we think about normal and altered brain function.

(Brain Activity Is Inherited, May Inform Treatment for ADHD, Autism, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A question about whether an individual cares or has cared about what people think about their appearance.

(Do Not Care What Others Think of My Appearance, NCI Thesaurus)

“But what does your uncle think about it?”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Perhaps in the spring, if I have plenty of money, as I dare say I shall, we may think about building.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

No, indeed, I don't; Mr. Rochester has something else to think about.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

A question about whether an individual does or did ever think about taking their own life.

(Did You Ever Think About Taking Your Own Life, NCI Thesaurus)

Think about something pleasant, and you'll soon drop off.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

When you look at the mid-ocean ridge and think about the water that's circulating through it, it looks as though a lot of the ocean is moving through this cold environment.

(Microbes in underground aquifers beneath deep-sea Mid-Atlantic Ridge 'chow down' on carbon, National Science Foundation)

I did not take long to think about it, Watson.

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

And thus I thought, even as we chaffed each other’s appearance, until we arrived ashore and there were other things to think about.