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think with portals

think with portals verb: to think in an inventive or lateral way.

Verb

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

  1. (typically in the gerund) To think in an inventive or lateral way.

Forms of think with portals

third-person singular presentthinks with portals
present participlethinking with portals
past participlethought with portals
pastthought with portals

Origin of think with portals

From a tagline for the 2007 puzzle video game Portal, "Now you're thinking with portals."

Questions about think with portals

What does think with portals mean?
Think with portals means to think in an inventive or lateral way.
What part of speech is think with portals?
Think with portals is a verb.
What is the past tense of think with portals?
The past tense of think with portals is thought with portals.

Words near think with portals in the dictionary

  1. think up
  2. think with one's dick
  3. think with one's little head
  4. think with one's other head
  5. think with one's penis
  6. think with portals
  7. think'st
  8. think-aloud protocol
  9. think-aloud protocols
  10. think-pair-share
  11. think-pair-shares

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