think

Signification

Verb

1. To ponder, to go over in one's head.
2. To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
3. To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
4. To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
5. To guess; to reckon.
6. To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
7. To presume; to venture.
8. (informal) Ellipsis of think so.

Noun

An act of thinking; consideration (of something).

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/θɪŋk/

Étymologie

From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken, thenchen, from Old English þenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel, know”).
Cognate with Scots think, thynk (“to think”), North Frisian teenk, taanke, tanke, tånke (“to think”), Saterland Frisian toanke (“to think”), West Frisian tinke (“to think”), Dutch denken (“to think”), Afrikaans dink (“to think”), Low German denken, dinken (“to think”), German denken (“to think”), Danish tænke (“to think”), Swedish tänka (“to think”), Norwegian Bokmål tenke (“to think”), Norwegian Nynorsk tenkja (“to think”), Icelandic þekkja (“to know, recognise, identify, perceive”), Latin tongeō (“know”).

Phrases

I was just in town earlier this year , so it is kind of crazy to think about what took place right after .

J'étais juste en ville plus tôt cette année, donc c'est un peu fou de réfléchir à ce qui s'est passé juste après.

I think we can do better after the boat sails .

Je pense que nous pouvons faire mieux après les voiles du bateau.

The Flying Corps owed to this man much more than they know or think .

Le Flying Corps devait à cet homme beaucoup plus qu'ils ne le savent ou ne le pensent.