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Thinking

noun

1.

The process of using your mind to consider something carefully. Synonyms: cerebration, intellection, mentation, thought, thought process. "She paused for thought"

adjective

1.

Endowed with the capacity to reason. Synonyms: intelligent, reasoning.

Think

verb

(past & past part. thought; pres. part. thinking)

1.

Judge or regard; look upon; judge. Synonyms: believe, conceive, consider. "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. Synonyms: guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose. "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. Synonyms: cerebrate, cogitate.

4.

Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection. Synonyms: call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve. "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" Antonym: forget.

5.

Imagine or visualize. "Think what a scene it must have been!"

6.

Focus one's attention on a certain state. "Think thin"

7.

Have in mind as a purpose. Synonyms: intend, mean. "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.

9.

Ponder; reflect on, or reason about. "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days"

10.

Dispose the mind in a certain way.

11.

Have or formulate in the mind.

12.

Be capable of conscious thought.

13.

Bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation.

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