What is the meaning of think of?

verb

  • Keep in mind for attention or consideration.
    • usage: "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day"; "Think of the starving children in India"
  • Take into consideration, have in view.
    • usage: "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"
  • Look on as or consider.
    • usage: "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
  • Intend to refer to.
    • usage: "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip"
  • Devise or invent.
    • usage: "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
  • Choose in one's mind.
    • usage: "Think of any integer between 1 and 25"
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