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think about

/ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/

think about verb: to ponder.

Verb

think about (third-person singular simple present thinks about, present participle thinking about, simple past and past participle thought about)

  1. (transitive) To ponder.
    • I've been thinking about human rights since watching that documentary.
  2. (transitive) To consider as a course of action.
    • You should think about getting that leaky roof repaired.
    • Some more years later, the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company lost the contract so well cared for over 60 years. In 1920 the Irish M.P.s had other things to think about, and the L.N.W.R. tender was accepted.1960 May, K. A. Murray, “Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire”, in Railway Magazine, page 305

think about meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Sanskrit

think about in Hindi

ponder
चिंतन करना cintan karnā

think about in Tamil

உள்ளுறு

think about in Sanskrit

ponder
मन्यते manyate

Forms of think about

third-person singular presentthinks about
present participlethinking about
past participlethought about
pastthought about

Questions about think about

What does think about mean?
Think about means to ponder.
What is think about in Hindi?
Think about in Hindi is चिंतन करना (cintan karnā). See Think about meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is think about?
Think about is a verb.
How do you pronounce think about?
Think about is pronounced /ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/.
What is the past tense of think about?
The past tense of think about is thought about.

Words near think about in the dictionary

  1. thinhorn sheep
  2. thinhorns
  3. Thinite
  4. Thinites
  5. think
  6. think about
  7. think again
  8. think all one's Christmases have come at once
  9. think aloud
  10. think aloud protocol
  11. think aloud protocols

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Adapted from Wiktionary: think about (page history and authors); think about (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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