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Old English þencan

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think (third-person singular simple present thinks, present participle thinking, simple past and past participle thought)

  1. (transitive) to ponder, to go over in one's head
    Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.
  2. (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
    I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.
  3. (intransitive) to conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of or on)
    I tend to think of her as rather ugly.
  4. (transitive) To be of the opinion (that).
    I think she is pretty, contrary to most people.
  5. (transitive) To guess; to reckon.
    I think she’ll pass the examination.
  6. (transitive) To consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
    At the time I thought his adamant refusal to give in right.
    I hope you won’t think me stupid if I ask you what that means.
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to ponder, to go over in one's head
communicate to oneself in one’s mind
to conceive of something or someone
be of the opinion that
guess, reckon
consider, judge, regard something as
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think (usually uncountable; plural thinks)

  1. An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
    I'll have a think about that and let you know.
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an act of thinking

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From Old English þyncan.

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think (obsolete except in archaic methinks)

  1. (intransitive) To seem, to appear.
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XV:
      And than hym thought there com an olde man afore hym whych seyde, ‘A, Launcelot, of evill wycked fayth and poore beleve!’
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to seem, to appear

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