think of
English
Verb
think of (third-person singular simple present thinks of, present participle thinking of, simple past and past participle thought of)
- To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.
- I only had ten minutes to think of a solution.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see think, of. (to think on the subject of)
- I spent ten minutes thinking of Karen and the times we shared.
Translations
To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought
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think — see think
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