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THINK OF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Keep in mind for attention or consideration
Example:
Think of the starving children in India!
Synonyms:
remember; think of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
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:
Look on as or consider
Example:
He is reputed to be intelligent
Synonyms:
be known as; esteem; know as; look on; look upon; regard as; repute; take to be; think of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
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 3
Meaning:
Take into consideration, have in view
Example:
He entertained the notion of moving to South America
Synonyms:
entertain; flirt with; think about; think of; toy with
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "think of" is one way to...):
contemplate (consider as a possibility)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sense 4
Meaning:
Choose in one's mind
Example:
Think of any integer between 1 and 25
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
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
Sense 5
Meaning:
Intend to refer to
Example:
Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!
Synonyms:
have in mind; mean; think of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
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 6
Meaning:
Devise or invent
Example:
no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
Synonyms:
concoct; dream up; hatch; think of; think up
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
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?
Context examples:
"You'd better see what you have got before you think of having company," said Meg, when informed of the hospitable but rash act.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
At the moment, however, I was too much concerned at the sudden illness of my host to think of anything else.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"People tend to think of mind wandering as something that is bad. You try to pay attention and you can't," said Schumacher.
(Daydreaming Is Good: It Means You're Smart, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
If I believed it was his sorrow, I should not think of it at all.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It was a lonely life to lead, for I had nothing to think of, having been made such a little while before.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
In such cases, a woman has not often much beauty to think of.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
She did not feel that she could trust him, and she could not look at him nor think of him without an inward shudder.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
What is the scientific mind to think of their presence?
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He or she may withdraw, think of suicide or become violent.
(Child Abuse, NIH)
Go up to your own room; think over all I have said, and, Jane, cast a glance on my sufferings—think of me.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
