think

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Meaning

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.

speculate

meditate upon

ponder over

have an opinion

conceit

meditate on

regard as

speculation

picture to oneself

turn something over in one’s mind

be of the opinion

be of the opinion that

introduce something

make plans

say to

say to oneself

see as

tell a story

weigh up

wish for

витиеватоopine

be anxious about

use one’s head

think deeply

love

❤️

hope in

scratch one’s head

exercise one’s mind

have an idea about

sharpen one’s mind

to have the opinion of

deliberate about

muse upon

consider attentively

rough plan

cogitate about

consider about

see in imagination

choose

embrass

administer justice

admire

be anxious

be astonished

bethink

brood over

hope for

pay attention to

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɪŋk/

Inherited from Middle English

Inherited from Old English

Cognate with Scots

Cognate with Northern Frisian

Cognate with Saterland Frisian

Cognate with Western Frisian

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with Afrikaans

Cognate with Low German

Cognate with German

Cognate with Danish

Cognate with Swedish

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk

Cognate with Icelandic

Cognate with Latin

Inherited from Old English

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with German

Cognate with Danish

Cognate with Swedish

Cognate with Icelandic

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 (“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”).

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