think
/ˈθɪŋk/ verb C2- To seem, to appear.
He/she/it thinks · Past thought · Past participle thought · -ing form thinking
Verb forms
- Base form
- think
- He/she/it
- thinks
- Past
- thought
- Past participle
- thought
- -ing form
- thinking
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- think about To ponder.
- think back To think about a time or experience; to recall.
- think on To think about; to meditate concerning.
- think out To devise or solve by a process of thought.
- think over To ponder or reflect on a subject.
- think through To fully consider, so as to understand all the consequenc...
- think up To create in one’s mind; to invent.
From the library
Morrel; and I think you will be satisfied on that head.
“Now, would anybody think that this room contained a happy, merry party, who desire nothing better than to laugh and dance the hours away?”
You hailed me, I think?”
“Well, so much the better,” said the supercargo; “for it is not pleasant to think that a comrade has not done his duty.”
Other matches
- think To ponder, to go over in one's mind. A1
- think about To ponder.
- think back To think about a time or experience
- think on To think about
- think out To devise or solve by a process of thought.
- think over To ponder or reflect on a subject.
- think through To fully consider, so as to understand all the ...
- think up To create in one’s mind
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