Added 29 September 2026
think
/ˈθɪŋk/ verb
In Latin: puto, cogito, meditor Wiktionary
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To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.
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To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
"I should phone my mother," I thought.
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To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.
noun
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An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
I'll have a think about that and let you know.
verb
Origin
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”).
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