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think through

think through verb: to fully consider, so as to understand all the consequences of.

Verb

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

  1. To fully consider, so as to understand all the consequences of.
    • The fact that North America was the epicenter of the cataclysm, though acknowledged, has profound implications for our understanding of the human past that archaeologists have never thought through—in part because the scale of the cataclysm is only now beginning to be fully mapped out.2020, Cory Doctorow, Attack Surface, Tor Books, →ISBN

Forms of think through

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

Questions about think through

What does think through mean?
Think through means to fully consider, so as to understand all the consequences of.
What part of speech is think through?
Think through is a verb.
What is the past tense of think through?
The past tense of think through is thought through.

Words near think through in the dictionary

  1. think the sun shines out of someone's ass
  2. think the sun shines out of someone's backside
  3. think the sun shines out of someone's butt
  4. think the world of
  5. think the world revolves around one
  6. think through
  7. think time
  8. think times
  9. think too much
  10. think twice
  11. think up

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