Tra từ think - Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

think (thĭngk)v. thought, (thôt) think·ing, thinksv. tr.
1. To have or formulate in the mind.
2.
a. To reason about or reflect on; ponder:
Think how complex language is. Think the matter through.
b. To decide by reasoning, reflection, or pondering:
thinking what to do.
3. To judge or regard; look upon:
I think it only fair.
4. To believe; suppose:
always thought he was right.
5.
a. To expect; hope:
They thought she'd arrive early.
b. To intend:
They thought they'd take their time.
6. To call to mind; remember:
I can't think what her name was.
7. To visualize; imagine:
Think what a scene it will be at the reunion.
8. To devise or evolve; invent:
thought up a plan to get rich quick.
9. To bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation:
He thought himself into a panic over the impending examination.
10. To concentrate one's thoughts on: “Think languor” (Diana Vreeland). v. intr.
1. To exercise the power of reason, as by conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and using judgment.
2. To weigh or consider an idea:
They are thinking about moving.
3.
a. To bring a thought to mind by imagination or invention:
No one before had thought of bifocal glasses.
b. To recall a thought or an image to mind:
She thought of her childhood when she saw the movie.
4. To believe; suppose:
He thinks of himself as a wit. It's later than you think.
5. To have care or consideration:
Think first of the ones you love.
6. To dispose the mind in a given way:
Do you think so?adj. Informal
Requiring much thought to create or assimilate:
a think book.n.
The act or an instance of deliberate or extended thinking; a meditation.Idioms:come to think of it Informal
When one considers the matter; on reflection:
Come to think of it, that road back there was the one we were supposed to take.think aloud/out loud
To speak one's thoughts audibly.think better of
To change one's mind about; reconsiderthink big
To plan ambitiously or on a grand scale.think little of
To regard as inferior; have a poor opinion of.think nothing of
To give little consideration to; regard as routine or usual:
thought nothing of a 50-mile trip every day.think twice
To weigh something carefully:
I'd think twice before spending all that money on clothes. [Middle English thenken, from Old English thencan. See tong- in Indo-European Roots.]
Synonyms: think, cerebrate, cogitate, reason, reflect, speculate
These verbs mean to use the powers of the mind, as in conceiving ideas or drawing inferences: thought before answering; sat in front of the fire cerebrating; cogitates about business problems; reasons clearly; took time to reflect before deciding; speculates on what will happen.