think

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To ponder, to go over in one's mind.

   • Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.
   • Had we but world enough and time / This coyness, lady, were no crime. / We would sit down, and think which way / To walk, and pass our long love's day.
2. 2

   To have (some statement) in one's mind

   To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.

   • "I should phone my mother," I thought.
3. 3

   To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.

   • I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.
   • Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”
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   1. 4

      To conceive of something or someone

      • I tend to think of her as rather ugly.
   2. 5

      To be of opinion (that)

      To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.

      • I don't think it worth complaining about the leak in the roof, is it?
      • I hope you won’t think me stupid if I ask you what that means.
      • She thought it pointless starting before four o'clock.
   3. 6

      To guess

      To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.

      • We should/would have thought she could've washed her hands before, at least.
   4. 7

      To plan

      To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).

      • The cupbearer shrugged up his shoulders in displeasure. "I thought to have lodged him in the solere chamber," said he[…]
      • “Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.
      • In 1985 I sat down and wrote a four-page outline from which I thought to base such a work.
   5. 8

      To presume

      To presume; to venture.

      • Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father.
   6. 9

      Ellipsis of think so.

      • These plants are dead. Uh, you think?
   7. 10

      An act of thinking

      An act of thinking; consideration (of something).

      • I'll have a think about that and let you know.
   8. 11

      To seem, to appear.

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