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If I am not Thinking, helping others know how to THINK as others helped me to THINK, I am harming me, and others.
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think definition
v. thought (thôt), think·ing, thinks
v.tr.
1. To have or formulate in the mind.
2.
a. To reason about or reflect on; ponder: b. To decide by reasoning, reflection, or pondering:.
3. To judge or regard; look upon:
6. To call to mind; remember:
7. To visualize; imagine:
8. To devise or evolve; invent:
9. To bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation: .
10. To concentrate one's thoughts on:
1. To exercise the power of reason, as by conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and using judgment.
2. To weigh or consider an idea: .
a. To bring a thought to mind by imagination or invention:
b. To recall a thought or an image to mind:
Informal
Requiring much thought to create or assimilate: .
n.
The act or an instance of deliberate or extended thinking; a meditation.
think synonyms
verb think about
To think or think about carefully and at length: chew on or over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See thoughts
To use the powers of the mind, as in conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and making judgments: cerebrate, cogitate, deliberate, ratiocinate, reflect, speculate. Idioms: put on one's thinking cap, use one's head. See thoughts
To renew an image or thought in the mind: bethink, mind, recall, recollect, remember, reminisce, retain, revive. Idiom: bring to mind. See remember
To form mental images of: conceive, envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, image, imagine, picture, see, vision, visualize. Informal: feature. See thoughts
phrasal verb think about
To care enough to keep (someone) in mind: remember, think of. See remember
phrasal verb think of
To receive (an idea) and take it into consideration: consider, entertain, hear of. See thoughts
To care enough to keep (someone) in mind: remember, think about. See remember
phrasal verb think out
To think or think about carefully and at length: chew on or over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think over, think through, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See thoughts
phrasal verb think over
To think or think about carefully and at length: chew on or over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think through, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See thoughts
phrasal verb think through
To think or think about carefully and at length: chew on or over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See thoughts
phrasal verb think up
To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving: concoct, contrive, devise, dream up, fabricate, formulate, hatch, invent, make up. Informal: cook up. Idiom: come up with. See make
May we All have a Divine Thinking Life.
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think definition
v. thought (thôt), think·ing, thinks
v.tr.
1. To have or formulate in the mind.
2.
a. To reason about or reflect on; ponder: b. To decide by reasoning, reflection, or pondering:.
3. To judge or regard; look upon:
6. To call to mind; remember:
7. To visualize; imagine:
8. To devise or evolve; invent:
9. To bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation: .
10. To concentrate one's thoughts on:
1. To exercise the power of reason, as by conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and using judgment.
2. To weigh or consider an idea: .
a. To bring a thought to mind by imagination or invention:
b. To recall a thought or an image to mind:
Informal
Requiring much thought to create or assimilate: .
n.
The act or an instance of deliberate or extended thinking; a meditation.
think synonyms
verb think about
To think or think about carefully and at length: chew on or over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See thoughts
To use the powers of the mind, as in conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and making judgments: cerebrate, cogitate, deliberate, ratiocinate, reflect, speculate. Idioms: put on one's thinking cap, use one's head. See thoughts
To renew an image or thought in the mind: bethink, mind, recall, recollect, remember, reminisce, retain, revive. Idiom: bring to mind. See remember
To form mental images of: conceive, envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, image, imagine, picture, see, vision, visualize. Informal: feature. See thoughts
phrasal verb think about
To care enough to keep (someone) in mind: remember, think of. See remember
phrasal verb think of
To receive (an idea) and take it into consideration: consider, entertain, hear of. See thoughts
To care enough to keep (someone) in mind: remember, think about. See remember
phrasal verb think out
To think or think about carefully and at length: chew on or over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think over, think through, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See thoughts
phrasal verb think over
To think or think about carefully and at length: chew on or over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think through, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See thoughts
phrasal verb think through
To think or think about carefully and at length: chew on or over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse1, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, turn over, weigh. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain. See thoughts
phrasal verb think up
To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving: concoct, contrive, devise, dream up, fabricate, formulate, hatch, invent, make up. Informal: cook up. Idiom: come up with. See make
May we All have a Divine Thinking Life.
