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think as in an instance of deliberate thinking
- “I need to give it a good think“
think as in 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 accept as true; judge or regard; be confident about something; follow a credo; credit with veracity
- consider deem to be; give careful consideration to; take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; show consideration for; think about carefully; judge or regard; look at attentively ; look at carefully; regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem
- conceive have the idea for; judge or regard; become pregnant
think as in 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
- opine express one’s opinion openly and without fear or hesitation; expect, believe, or suppose
- suppose express a supposition; expect, believe, or suppose; to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; take for granted or as a given; require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
- imagine form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; expect, believe, or suppose
- reckon expect, believe, or suppose; judge to be probable ; deem to be; make a mathematical calculation or computation ; have faith or confidence in; take account of
- guess a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence ; an estimate based on little or no information ; expect, believe, or suppose; put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); guess correctly
think as in 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
- cogitate consider carefully and deeply; use or exercise the mind or one’s power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
- cerebrate use or exercise the mind or one’s power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
think as in 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
- remember recall knowledge from memory; keep in mind for attention or consideration; recapture the past; show appreciation to; mention favorably, as in prayer; mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; exercise, or have the power of, memory; call to remembrance
- retrieve get or find back; go for and bring back; run after, pick up, and bring to the master; recall knowledge from memory
- recall a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) ; a call to return; a bugle call that signals troops to return ; the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); the act of removing an official by petition ; recall knowledge from memory; go back to something earlier; call to mind; summon to return; cause one’s (or someone else’s) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; make unavailable; cause to be returned
- call back cause to be returned; recall knowledge from memory; return or repeat a telephone call; summon to return
- call up an order to report for military duty ; bring forward for consideration; get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; recall knowledge from memory; cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively; call to arms
- recollect recall knowledge from memory
think as in imagine or visualize
- “Just think–you could be rich one day!“
- “Think what a scene it must have been!“
think as in focus one’s attention on a certain state
- “Think big“
- “think thin“
think as in 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 have in mind as a purpose; design or destine; mean or intend to express or convey; denote or connote
- mean an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n ; mean or intend to express or convey; have as a logical consequence; denote or connote; have in mind as a purpose; have a specified degree of importance; intend to refer to; destine or designate for a certain purpose; approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; characterized by malice; having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; excellent; marked by poverty befitting a beggar; (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt ; of no value or worth
think as in decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
- “Can you think what to do next?“
think as in ponder
- “reflect on, or reason about“
- “Think the matter through“
- “Think how hard life in Russia must be these days“
think as in dispose the mind in a certain way
- “Do you really think so?“
think as in have or formulate in the mind
- “think good thoughts“
think as in be capable of conscious thought
- “Man is the only creature that thinks“
think as in bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
- “She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam“