Dictionary

think of en · VERB

Meanings

1. To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.
   • 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:
   • I only had ten minutes to think of a solution.
2. (in rhetorical questions) 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.

Forms

Translations (20)

pl opracować (To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought) · de sich einfallen lassen (To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought) · pl zważyć na (consider, used to emphasise a reason) · ru придумать (To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought) · pl pomyśleć o (consider, used to emphasise a reason) · de ersinnen (To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought) · eo konsideri (consider, used to emphasise a reason) · pl brać pod uwagę (consider, used to emphasise a reason) · pl opracowywać (To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought) · ang āþenċan (To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought) · pl mieć wzgląd na (consider, used to emphasise a reason) · pl wymyślać (To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought) · pl wymyślić (To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought) · pl myśleć o (consider, used to emphasise a reason) · pl wpadać na (To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought) · es pensar en (To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought) · pl wpaść na (To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought) · pl zważać na (consider, used to emphasise a reason) · pl wziąć pod uwagę (consider, used to emphasise a reason) · izh duumata (To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought)