think

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
2. (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
3. (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
4. (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
5. (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
6. (transitive) To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.
7. To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
8. To presume; to venture.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) Ellipsis of think so.

Noun

An act of thinking; consideration (of something).

Synonyms

consider

reflect

believe

suppose

ponder

imagine

meditate

deem

remember

cogitate

reckon

conceive

opine

guess

contemplate

judge

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regard

intend

reason

feel

expect

know

deliberate

mean

ruminate

assume

muse

surmise

plan

speculate

fancy

think about

account

recall

figure

think over

understand

call to mind

reflect on

presume

hold

estimate

meditate upon

say

🗣️

recollect

want

calculate

wish

brood

conjecture

Translations

penser

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denken

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pensar

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pensare

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réfléchir

denken

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pensar

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achar

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croire

düşünmek

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riflettere

nachdenken

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pensar

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nadenken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɪŋk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: thinken

Inherited from Old English: þenċan

Cognate with Scots: think

Cognate with Northern Frisian: teenk

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: toanke

Cognate with Western Frisian: tinke

Cognate with Dutch: denken

Cognate with Afrikaans: dink

Cognate with Low German: denken

Cognate with German: denken

Cognate with Danish: tænke

Cognate with Swedish: tänka

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: tenke

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: tenkja

Cognate with Icelandic: þekkja

Cognate with Latin: tongeō

Inherited from Old English: þyncan

Cognate with Dutch: dunken

Cognate with German: dünken

Cognate with Danish: tykkes

Cognate with Swedish: tycka

Cognate with Icelandic: þykja

In summary

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, dinken (“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”).

Sentences

What do you think of him ?

Oh , I think you are right .

I will think about what to buy .

However , I do not think it is impossible .

I think it was last Thursday , but I am not sure .

I think we can do better after the boat sails .