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Dictionary definition · think

noun

  1. an instance of deliberate thinking"I need to give it a good think"

verb

  1. judge or regard; look upon; judge"I think he is very smart"
  2. expect, believe, or suppose"I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"
  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"
  5. imagine or visualize"Just think — you could be rich one day!"
  6. focus one's attention on a certain state"Think big"
  7. have in mind as a purpose"I mean no harm"
  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"
  10. dispose the mind in a certain way"Do you really think so?"
  11. have or formulate in the mind"think good thoughts"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).