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to think that

to think that conjunction: used to express that one is strongly moved or surprised by something.

Conjunction

to think that

  1. Used to express that one is strongly moved or surprised by something.
    • I was sure to find Honoré at some new trick, standing say, heroically holding onto the back of a chair (oh to think that soon he will walk!) and Charles perhaps playing a pastoral suite on the alpenhorn.2011, Anne Marsella, The Baby Of Belleville, →ISBN
    • And to think you hope to get a job in radio? Acting like a fool's fool?2011, Patrick J. Saddles, Seven Rainbows Over Santa Rosa

Forms of to think that

alternative formto think

Questions about to think that

What does to think that mean?
To think that means used to express that one is strongly moved or surprised by something.
What part of speech is to think that?
To think that is a conjunction.

Words near to think that in the dictionary

  1. to the victor belong the spoils
  2. to the victor go the spoils
  3. to the victor the spoils
  4. to the wide
  5. to thine own self be true
  6. to think that
  7. to this day
  8. to this effect
  9. to this end
  10. to those it may concern
  11. to time

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