think meaning and definition

THINK noun

Definition of think (noun)

1. an instance of deliberate thinking
   • "I need to give it a good think"

THINK verb

Definition of think (verb)

1. judge or regard; look upon; judge
   • "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
   • synonyms: believe, conceive, consider
2. expect, believe, or suppose
   • "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
   • synonyms: guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose
3. use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
   • "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"
   • synonyms: cerebrate, cogitate
4. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
   • "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
   • synonyms: call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve
   • antonym: blank out
5. imagine or visualize
   • "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!"
6. focus one's attention on a certain state
   • "Think big"; "think thin"
7. have in mind as a purpose
   • "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"
   • synonyms: intend, mean
8. decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
   • "Can you think what to do next?"
9. ponder; reflect on, or reason about
   • "Think the matter through"; "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days"
10. dispose the mind in a certain way
    • "Do you really think so?"
11. have or formulate in the mind
    • "think good thoughts"
12. be capable of conscious thought
    • "Man is the only creature that thinks"
13. bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
    • "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"