think of

English

Verb

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

1. To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.

   I only had ten minutes to think of a solution.

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see think,‎ of. (to think on the subject of)

   I spent ten minutes thinking of Karen and the times we shared.

Translations

To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought

• German: sich einfallen lassen, ersinnen (de)
• Ingrian: duumata
• Old English: āþenċan
• Russian: придумать (ru) (pridumatʹ)
• Spanish: pensar en

think — see think

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• Slovak: myslieť na + accusative
• Swedish: tänka på