think

Significado

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).

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/θɪŋk/

Etimoloxía

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”).

Oracións

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

I think we can do better after the boat sails .

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