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THINK OF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does think of mean? 

THINK OF (verb)
  The verb THINK OF has 6 senses:

1. keep in mind for attention or considerationplay

2. take into consideration, have in viewplay

3. look on as or considerplay

4. intend to refer toplay

5. devise or inventplay

6. choose in one's mindplay

  Familiarity information: THINK OF used as a verb is common.


 Dictionary entry details 


THINK OF (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Keep in mind for attention or consideration

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

remember; think of

Context example:

Think of the starving children in India!

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "think of"):

bear in mind; mind (keep in mind)

retain (keep in one's mind)

keep note (maintain in the forefront of one's awareness)

characterise; characterize; qualify (describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE


Sense 2

Meaning:

Take into consideration, have in view

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

entertain; flirt with; think about; think of; toy with

Context example:

He entertained the notion of moving to South America

Hypernyms (to "think of" is one way to...):

contemplate (consider as a possibility)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing


Sense 3

Meaning:

Look on as or consider

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

be known as; esteem; know as; look on; look upon; regard as; repute; take to be; think of

Context example:

He is reputed to be intelligent

Hypernyms (to "think of" is one way to...):

believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody


Sense 4

Meaning:

Intend to refer to

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

have in mind; mean; think of

Context example:

Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!

Hypernyms (to "think of" is one way to...):

associate; colligate; connect; link; link up; relate; tie in (make a logical or causal connection)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "think of"):

advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody


Sense 5

Meaning:

Devise or invent

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

concoct; dream up; hatch; think of; think up

Context example:

no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software

Hypernyms (to "think of" is one way to...):

create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "think of"):

idealise; idealize (form ideals)

cook up; fabricate; invent; make up; manufacture (concoct something artificial or untrue)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he think of his major works over a short period of time?


Sense 6

Meaning:

Choose in one's mind

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

Think of any integer between 1 and 25

Hypernyms (to "think of" is one way to...):

choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


 Context examples 


If it don't make me cold inside to think of Flint.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“What do you think of this, Watson?” he asked, tossing it across.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I should never think of standing on such ceremony with people I know so well as Mrs and the Miss Musgroves."

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Until this afternoon I had no cause to think of what is done.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I only wonder John could think of it; he could not have received my last.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Think of that little affair of the red-headed men.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Think of it—I did not even exist!

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He felt stupid and awkward, but for the life of him he could think of nothing to say.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

When do you think of going?

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I don’t even want to think of what happens next in those cases.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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