think

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an instance of deliberate thinking

   I need to give it a good think

2. 2
   verb

   be capable of conscious thought

   Humans are thought to be the only beings that can think.

3. 3
   verb

   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. 4
   verb

   have or formulate in the mind

   think good thoughts

5. 5
   verb

   dispose the mind in a certain way

   Do you really think so?

6. 6
   verb

   decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting

   Can you think what to do next?

7. 7
   verb

   imagine or visualize

   Just think--you could be rich one day!

8. 8
   verb

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

   Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.

Etymology

From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken, thenchen, from Old English þenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel, know”). Cognate with Scots think, thynk (“to think”), North Frisian teenk, taanke, tanke, tånke (“to think”), Saterland Frisian toanke (“to think”), West Frisian tinke (“to think”), Dutch denken, dinken (“to think”), Afrikaans dink (“to think”), Low German denken, dinken (“to think”), German denken (“to think”), Danish tænke (“to think”), Swedish tänka (“to think”), Norwegian Bokmål t…