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noun
The action or process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
A thought.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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verb
present participle and gerund of think
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: higher cognitive process
Narrower terms: free association, construction, mental synthesis, reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought, line of thought, train of thought, thread, mysticism, ideation, consideration, excogitation, explanation, planning, preparation, provision, problem solving, convergent thinking, divergent thinking, out-of-the-box thinking
History
From Middle English thinking, thynkynge, thenkyng, equivalent to think + -ing.
From Middle English thenkinge, þinkynge, þenkynge, þenchinde, from Old English þenċende, from Proto-Germanic *þankijandz, present participle of *þankijaną (“to think”), equivalent to think + -ing. Cognate with Dutch denkend (“thinking”), German denkend (“thinking”), Swedish tänkande (“thinking”).
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
