think tank

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• thĭngk′ tăngk′
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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθɪŋk ˌtæŋk/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈθəŋk ˌtɛŋk/
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• Received-Pronunciation, Scotland: /ˈθɪŋk ˌtaŋk/
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• India: /ˈt̪ɪŋk ˌʈaŋk/
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From the use of think tank or think box in the 19th century to refer to the human brain.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَلِيَّة تَفْكِير — group producing research and recommendations
• Catalan: fàbrica d'idees — group producing research and recommendations
• Catalan: laboratori d'idees — group producing research and recommendations
• Chinese Mandarin: 智囊團 /智囊团 (zhìnángtuán) — group producing research and recommendations
• Chinese Mandarin: 智庫 /智库 (zhìkù) — group producing research and recommendations
• Chinese Mandarin: 思想庫 /思想库 (sīxiǎngkù) — group producing research and recommendations
• Chinese Mandarin: 智囊機構 /智囊机构 (zhìnáng jīgòu) — group producing research and recommendations
• Chinese Mandarin: 智囊班子 (zhìnáng bānzi) — group producing research and recommendations
• Chinese Mandarin: 智囊集團 /智囊集团 (zhìnáng jítuán) — group producing research and recommendations
• Chinese Mandarin: 顧問班子 /顾问班子 (gùwèn bānzi) — group producing research and recommendations
• Chinese Mandarin: 腦庫 /脑库 (nǎokù) — group producing research and recommendations
• Danish: tænketank — group producing research and recommendations
• Dutch: denktank — group producing research and recommendations
• Esperanto: pensfabriko — group producing research and recommendations
• Finnish: ajatuspaja — group producing research and recommendations
• Finnish: ajatushautomo — group producing research and recommendations
• French: groupe de réflexion — group producing research and recommendations
• French: laboratoire d’idées — group producing research and recommendations
• French: centre de réflexion — group producing research and recommendations
• Georgian: კვლევითი ინსტიტუტი (ḳvleviti insṭiṭuṭi) — group producing research and recommendations
• Georgian: კვლევითი ცენტრი (ḳvleviti cenṭri) — group producing research and recommendations
• Georgian: ანალიტიკური ინსტიტუტი (analiṭiḳuri insṭiṭuṭi) — group producing research and recommendations
• Georgian: ანალიტიკური ცენტრი (analiṭiḳuri cenṭri) — group producing research and recommendations
• German: Denkfabrik — group producing research and recommendations
• German: Thinktank — group producing research and recommendations
• Greek: δεξαμενή σκέψης (dexamení sképsis) — group producing research and recommendations
• Hungarian: agytröszt — group producing research and recommendations
• Icelandic: hugveita — group producing research and recommendations
• Indonesian: lembaga pemikir — group producing research and recommendations
• Indonesian: wadah pemikir — group producing research and recommendations
• Irish: meitheal mhachnaimh — group producing research and recommendations
• Italian: centro studi — group producing research and recommendations
• Italian: centro di ricerca — group producing research and recommendations
• Italian: laboratorio d'idee — group producing research and recommendations
• Italian: istituto d'investigazione — group producing research and recommendations
• Italian: gabinetto strategico — group producing research and recommendations
• Italian: gruppo di riflessione — group producing research and recommendations
• Japanese: シンクタンク (shinkutanku) — group producing research and recommendations
• Japanese: 頭脳集団 (zunōshūdan) — group producing research and recommendations
• Korean: 싱크탱크 (singkeutaengkeu) — group producing research and recommendations
• Korean: 두뇌 집단 (dunoe jipdan) — group producing research and recommendations
• Northern Kurdish: ramanxane — group producing research and recommendations
• Malay: kumpulan pemikir — group producing research and recommendations
• Norwegian Bokmål: tenketank — group producing research and recommendations
• Norwegian Bokmål: tankesmie — group producing research and recommendations
• Persian: اندیشکده (andiškade) — group producing research and recommendations
• Persian: اتاقِ فکر (otâq-e fekr) — group producing research and recommendations
• Polish: think tank — group producing research and recommendations
• Portuguese: usina de ideias — group producing research and recommendations
• Portuguese: órgão de reflexão — group producing research and recommendations
• Portuguese: think tank — group producing research and recommendations
• Russian: мозгово́й трест (mozgovój trest) — group producing research and recommendations
• Russian: мозгово́й центр (mozgovój centr) — group producing research and recommendations
• Russian: фа́брика иде́й (fábrika idéj) — group producing research and recommendations
• Russian: аналити́ческий центр (analitíčeskij centr) — group producing research and recommendations
• Spanish: tanque de pensamiento — group producing research and recommendations
• Spanish: centro de reflexión — group producing research and recommendations
• Spanish: vivero de ideas — group producing research and recommendations
• Spanish: laboratorio ideal — group producing research and recommendations
• Spanish: gabinete reflexivo — group producing research and recommendations
• Spanish: comité pensativo — group producing research and recommendations
• Swedish: tankesmedja — group producing research and recommendations
• Turkish: beyin takımı — group producing research and recommendations
• Turkish: think-tank — group producing research and recommendations
• Ukrainian: аналіти́чний це́нтр (analitýčnyj céntr) — group producing research and recommendations
• Urdu: دائرہ دانش (dā'ira-e-dāniś) — group producing research and recommendations
• Urdu: فکر گاہ (fikr-gāh) — group producing research and recommendations
• Urdu: سوچ مرکز (soć-markaz) — group producing research and recommendations
• Urdu: تحقیقی ادارہ (tahqīqī-idāra) — group producing research and recommendations
• Welsh: melin drafod — group producing research and recommendations
• Zhuang: cigu — group producing research and recommendations