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English verb: think of | |||
| 1. | think of (cognition) keep in mind for attention or consideration | ||
| Samples | Remember the Alamo. Remember to call your mother every day!. Think of the starving children in India!. | ||
| Synonyms | remember | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bear in mind, characterise, characterize, keep note, mind, qualify, retain | ||
| Antonyms | forget, bury | ||
| 2. | think of (cognition) take into consideration, have in view | ||
| Samples | He entertained the notion of moving to South America. | ||
| Synonyms | entertain, flirt with, think about, toy with | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s VERB-ing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | contemplate | ||
| 3. | think of (cognition) look on as or consider | ||
| Samples | She looked on this affair as a joke. He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician. He is reputed to be intelligent. | ||
| Synonyms | esteem, look on, look upon, regard as, repute, take to be | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | believe, conceive, consider, think | ||
| 4. | think of (cognition) intend to refer to | ||
| Samples | I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France. Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!. | ||
| Synonyms | have in mind, mean | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer | ||
| 5. | think of (creation) devise or invent | ||
| Samples | He thought up a plan to get rich quickly. No-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software. | ||
| Examples | Did he think of his major works over a short period of time? | ||
| Synonyms | concoct, dream up, hatch, think up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create by mental act, create mentally | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cook up, fabricate, idealise, idealize, invent, make up, manufacture | ||
| 6. | think of (cognition) choose in one's mind | ||
| Samples | Think of any integer between 1 and 25. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | choose, pick out, select, take | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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