0 to believe something or have an opinion or idea: --
She's always thinking of others.
What do you think about the latest plans for improving the underground system?
What did you think of the film?
[ + to infinitive ] He was thought to have boarded the plane in New York.
"Do you think (that) you could get me some stamps while you're in town?"
I don't think Emma will get the job.
[ + (that) ] I think (that) I've met you before.
1 to use the brain to decide to do something: --
[ + (that) ] I think (that) I'll go swimming after lunch.
[ + of+ -ing verb ] I'm thinking of taking up running.
2 to use the brain to plan something, solve a problem, understand a situation, etc.: --
"What did you say?" "Oh, nothing, I was just thinking aloud."
I know it's exciting, but you should think twice before you spend that much money on a vacation.
Think long and hard before you make any important decisions.
I'm sorry I forgot to mention your name. I just wasn't thinking.
He just does these things without thinking and he gets himself into trouble.
What are you thinking, Peter?
What if past thought were not always surpassed thought?
It helps me to think things through systematically and adopt resolve to take action, and it reminds me of my own past thinking.
Some participants reported that the threat was current and ongoing, while others did not think it would happen for over 6 months.
We incline to think that the latter change, in contrast to the former, represents a cognitive improvement in our condition.
Indeed, representations in the brain are not thought by visual neuroscientists to be point-by-point picture-like representations.
In this commentary we raise two issues that we think are directly related to the theory's treatment of mental representations as emulations.
I think the ascetic world reinforced my feeling that they were important.
It is difficult to find a single refugee who thinks that they will be returning home any time in the near future.
