Meaning

9 senses
  1. (transitive)To ponder, to go over in one's mind.

    Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.

    nachdenken, überlegen

    обду́мыватьobdúmyvatʹ, обду́матьobdúmatʹ, размышля́тьrazmyšljátʹ

    have or formulate in the mind

  2. (transitive)To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.

    "I should phone my mother," I thought.

    have in mind as a purpose

  3. (intransitive)To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.

    I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.

    denken

    ду́матьdúmatʹ, поду́матьpodúmatʹ, мы́слитьmýslitʹ

    ду́матиdúmaty, ми́слитиmýslyty

  4. (intransitive)To conceive of something or someone

    I tend to think of her as rather ugly.

    счита́тьsčitátʹ, посчита́тьposčitátʹ, мы́слитьmýslitʹ

  5. (transitive)To be of the opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.

    I don't think it worth complaining about the leak in the roof, is it?

    I hope you won’t think me stupid if I ask you what that means.

    halten für, denken, finden

    ду́матьdúmatʹ, обду́мыватьobdúmyvatʹ, ду́матьdúmatʹ

    judge or regard; look upon; judge

  6. (transitive)To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.

    We should/would have thought she could've washed her hands before, at least.

    denken, glauben

    ду́матьdúmatʹ

  7. To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).

    задуматьzadumatʹ

    dispose the mind in a certain way

  8. To presume; to venture.

  9. To seem, to appear.

Examples

59656 sentences
  1. It's more difficult than you think.

    Це важче, ніж ти думаєш. — aandrusiak

    ruЭто труднее, чем ты думаешь. — shanghainese

    deEs ist schwieriger, als du glaubst. — MUIRIEL

  2. I think your answer is correct.

    Я думаю, що твоя відповідь правильна. — deniko

    ruДумаю, твой ответ верен. — Hellerick

    deIch denke, Ihre Antwort ist richtig. — Manfredo

  3. Do you think fish can hear?

    Гадаєш, риби чують? — deniko

    ruДумаешь, рыба может слышать? — Hellerick

    deGlaubst du, dass Fische hören können? — MUIRIEL

  4. Who do you think you are?

    Хто ти взагалі такий? — deniko

    ruТы думаешь, кто ты? — joulin

    deFür wen hältst du dich eigentlich? — Haehnchenpaella

  5. What do you think you're doing?

    Що, на твою думку, ти робиш? — deniko

    deWas fällt dir ein? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
communicate to oneself in one’s mind:
Русский
By meaning 5
to ponder, to go over in one's head:
communicate to oneself in one’s mind:
to conceive of something or someone:
be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine:
to plan; to be considering; to be of a mind to do something:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to ponder, to go over in one's head:
communicate to oneself in one’s mind:
consider, judge, regard something as — see also believe:
be of the opinion that — see also believe, opine:
guess, reckon — see also suppose:

Origin

From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken, thenchen, from Old English þenċan, from Pro

From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken, thenchen, from Old English þenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel, know”).

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Forms

thinks, thinking, thought, thought
Base formthink · to think
3rd person singularthinks
Present participlethinking
Past simplethought
Past participlethought

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theythink
he, she, itthinks

Past simpleLesson

all personsthought

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave thought
he, she, ithas thought

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill think

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

17 synonyms
ponder:ponderB2
consider, judge, regard something as:deemB2
be of the opinion (that):have opinion
guess, reckon:guess See Thesaurus:suppose
Close in meaning

Word family

59 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • didn't think that
  • really think
  • think that it's
  • think this is
  • to think about
  • really think that
  • think that there's
  • think there's any
  • think that anybody
  • think that this
  • think that anyone
  • think doing doing

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
think — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto