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think of

think of verb: to create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.

Verb

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

  1. To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.
    • I only had ten minutes to think of a solution.
    • I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
  2. Used to suggest an aberrant thought, idea or action.
    • Oh no! I put the casserole in the freezer and the ice cream in the oven. What was I thinking of?
  3. (imperative, often) Consider, used to emphasise a reason to act in a certain way.
    • We can't employ a gardener as well as a handyman. Think of the expense!
    • I can't turn down the offer. Think of what we could do with that money!
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see think, of. (to think on the subject of)
    • I spend a lot of time thinking of Karen and the times we shared.

think of meaning in Tamil and Sanskrit

think of in Tamil

to think of, consider
சிந்தி cinti

think of in Sanskrit

to think of, imagine, contemplate, meditate on, call to mind, recollect
ध्यै dhyai
to think of, imagine
ध्यायति dhyā́yati
to think of, i.e. present a person
बुध् budh
think of
ईहति ī́hati

Forms of think of

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

Questions about think of

What does think of mean?
Think of means to create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.
What is think of in Tamil?
Think of in Tamil is சிந்தி (cinti). See Think of meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is think of?
Think of is a verb.
What is the past tense of think of?
The past tense of think of is thought of.

Words near think of in the dictionary

  1. think meat
  2. think much of
  3. think no end of oneself
  4. think nothing of
  5. think nothing of it
  6. think of
  7. think of England
  8. think of the children
  9. think on
  10. think on one's feet
  11. think one hung the moon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: think of (page history and authors); சிந்தி (Tamil) (page history and authors); ईहति (Sanskrit) (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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