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think - an instance of deliberate thinking; "I need to give it a good think" |
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advisement,
deliberation,
weighing the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision; "he was a man of judicial deliberation"
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colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
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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; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
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cogitate,
cerebrate |
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chew over,
contemplate,
excogitate,
meditate,
mull,
mull over,
muse,
ponder,
reflect,
ruminate,
speculate,
think over reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
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think out consider carefully and rationally; "Every detail has been thought out"
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concoct,
dream up,
hatch,
think of,
think up make a concoction (of) by mixing
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puzzle over try to solve
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rationalise,
rationalize remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"
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think bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"
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philosophise,
philosophize reason philosophically
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brainstorm try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it
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chew over,
contemplate,
excogitate,
meditate,
mull,
mull over,
muse,
ponder,
reflect,
ruminate,
speculate,
think over reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
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reason think logically; "The children must learn to reason"
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conclude,
reason,
reason out bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting"
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evaluate,
judge,
pass judgment form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"
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contemplate,
meditate,
study consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"
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plan make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"
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associate,
colligate,
connect,
link,
link up,
relate,
tie in make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
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center,
centre,
concentrate,
focus,
pore,
rivet move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"
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devote,
give,
pay set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use; "this land was devoted to mining"
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think about have on one's mind, think about actively; "I'm thinking about my friends abroad"; "She always thinks about her children first"
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think bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"
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think bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"
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think - judge or regard; look upon; judge; "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" |
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believe,
consider,
conceive |
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evaluate,
judge,
pass judgment form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"
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hold keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath"
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rethink change one's mind; "He rethought his decision to take a vacation"
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think bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"
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esteem,
look on,
look upon,
regard as,
repute,
take to be,
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"
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feel be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss"
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consider,
reckon,
regard,
see,
view regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"
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think - expect, believe, or suppose; "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" |
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opine,
suppose,
imagine,
reckon,
guess |
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anticipate,
expect be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
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suspect imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"
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think - ponder; reflect on, or reason about; "Think the matter through"; "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days" |
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cerebrate,
cogitate,
think consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
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think - decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting; "Can you think what to do next?" |
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cerebrate,
cogitate,
think consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
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think - be capable of conscious thought; "Man is the only creature that thinks" |
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think - have or formulate in the mind; "think good thoughts" |
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cerebrate,
cogitate,
think consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
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think - focus one's attention on a certain state; "Think big"; "think thin" |
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center,
centre,
concentrate,
focus,
pore,
rivet move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"
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think - imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!" |
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conceive of,
envisage,
ideate,
imagine form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"
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think - dispose the mind in a certain way; "Do you really think so?" |
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believe,
conceive,
consider,
think accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"
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think - bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam" |
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alter,
change,
modify remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
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