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thinking - the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought" |
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thought,
cerebration,
intellection,
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higher cognitive process cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use
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free association a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence
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mental synthesis,
construction drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem; "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"
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abstract thought,
logical thinking,
reasoning thinking that is coherent and logical
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line of thought a particular way of thinking that is characteristic of some individual or group
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train of thought,
thread the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together; "I couldn't follow his train of thought"; "he lost the thread of his argument"
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mysticism obscure or irrational thought
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ideation the process of forming and relating ideas
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consideration a considerate and thoughtful act
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excogitation thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it
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explanation thought that makes something comprehensible
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planning,
provision,
preparation the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise
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problem solving the thought processes involved in solving a problem
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convergent thinking thinking that brings together information focussed on solving a problem (especially solving problems that have a single correct solution)
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divergent thinking,
out-of-the-box thinking thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions; associated with creativity
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