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- think⇄adj. (Informal.) devoted to thought; engaged in intellectual or theoretical work, study, or research.
Ex. The Institute of Defense Analysis is one of the think companies working for the Pentagon (Jerry E. Bishop). - think⇄expr. think aloud (or out loud), to say what one is thinking.
Ex. Often, he becomes a sounding board as the President walks about his desk, peers out the window, and ""thinks out loud"" on upcoming issues (Newsweek). - think⇄expr. think better of. See under better (1).
- think⇄expr. think for, to expect or suppose.
Ex. It will be better than you think for. - think⇄expr. think little of. See under little.
- think⇄expr. think nothing of. See under nothing.
- think⇄expr. think of,
a. to have in mind.
Ex. Nothing was thought of, but how to save ourselves (Samuel Johnson).
b. to imagine.
Ex. He doesn't like apple pie. Think of that!
c. to remember.
Ex. I can't think of his name. - think⇄expr. think out,
a. to plan or discover by thinking.
Ex. He meditated deeply on the philosophy of trade, and thought out by degrees a complete ... theory (Macaulay).
b. to solve or understand by thinking.
Ex. to think out a puzz - think⇄expr. think over, to consider carefully.
Ex. He would think the matter over (Frederick Marryat). - think⇄expr. think through, to think about until one reaches an understanding or conclusion.
Ex. Had he been given time to think the question through, he would have come up with a better answer. - think⇄expr. think twice, to think again before acting; hesitate.
Ex. Scientists ought to think twice before venturing into the marts of trade (New Yorker). - think⇄expr. think up, to plan, discover, or compose by thinking.
Ex. The idea was a simple one, thought up (so the story goes) at a supper party (Manchester Guardian Weekly). - think⇄noun (Informal.) a thought.
Ex. Each country in the Six will have to have a long think about ... foreign trade (Wall Street Journal). - think⇄noun thinker.
- think⇄think (1), verb, thought,thinking,noun, adjective.
- think⇄think (2), intransitive verb, thought,thinking.
it seems (used impersonally, with an indirect object; now obsolete except in ?methinks, methought). - think⇄v.i. 1. to have ideas; use the mind.
Ex. to learn to think clearly. I want to think about that question before I answer it.
2. to have an idea.
Ex. He had thought of her as still a child.
(SYN) conceive.
3. to consider th - think⇄v.t. 1. to have (a thought or idea) in the mind.
Ex. He thought that he would go. To think so base a thought (Shakespeare). O poor hapless nightingale thought I (Milton).
2. to picture in one's mind; imagine.
Ex. You can't think how su