Meaning & Definition of Think in English

1. An instance of deliberate thinking

• "I need to give it a good think"

1. 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"

2. 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"

3. 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"

4. Recall knowledge from memory

• Have a recollection

• "I can't remember saying any such thing"

• "I can't think what her last name was"

• "Can you remember her phone number?"

• "Do you remember that he once loved you?"

• "Call up memories"

5. Imagine or visualize

• "Just think--you could be rich one day!"

• "Think what a scene it must have been!"

6. Focus one's attention on a certain state

• "Think big"

• "Think thin"

7. Have in mind as a purpose

• "I mean no harm"

• "I only meant to help you"

• "She didn't think to harm me"

• "We thought to return early that night"

8. Decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting

• "Can you think what to do next?"

9. Ponder

• Reflect on, or reason about

• "Think the matter through"

• "Think how hard life in russia must be these days"

10. Dispose the mind in a certain way

• "Do you really think so?"

11. Have or formulate in the mind

• "Think good thoughts"

12. Be capable of conscious thought

• "Man is the only creature that thinks"

13. Bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation

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