think
judge or regard; look upon; judge
How often you will meet it
Rank 110 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 229,242 times across 175,173 chapters — 0.109% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- judge or regard; look upon; judge also: believe, consider, conceive I think he is very smartI believe her to be very smart
- expect, believe, or suppose also: opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novelI thought to find her in a bad state
- use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments also: cogitate, cerebrate I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection also: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect I can't remember saying any such thingI can't think what her last name was
- imagine or visualize Just think--you could be rich one day!Think what a scene it must have been!
- focus one's attention on a certain state Think bigthink thin
think in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Presently I think you will get tired of your life here.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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None wield such absolute power over others as those who think little about themselves.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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There are times when Camembert cheese is a steadying thing to think of--or golf balls.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Just think about it, then drop into the place where they keep 'em, on your way to supper, and order one!
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1