think definition

1. an instance of deliberate thinking
• examples: I need to give it a good think
2. judge or regard; look upon; judge
• examples: I think he is very smart
• examples: I believe her to be very smart
• examples: I think that he is her boyfriend
• examples: The racist conceives such people to be inferior
3. expect, believe, or suppose
• examples: I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
• examples: I thought to find her in a bad state
• examples: he didn't think to find her in the kitchen
• examples: I guess she is angry at me for standing her up
4. use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
• examples: I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere
5. imagine or visualize
• examples: Just think--you could be rich one day!
• examples: Think what a scene it must have been!
6. focus one's attention on a certain state
• examples: Think big
• examples: think thin
7. decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
• examples: Can you think what to do next?
8. ponder; reflect on, or reason about
• examples: Think the matter through
• examples: Think how hard life in Russia must be these days
9. dispose the mind in a certain way
• examples: Do you really think so?
10. have or formulate in the mind
• examples: think good thoughts
11. be capable of conscious thought
• examples: Man is the only creature that thinks
12. bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
• examples: She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam