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# think

«think» in Mova's school dictionary: **to use your mind to work something out** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (think, thinks, thought, thinking); noun thought

### meaning for a pupil

1) To think is to use your mind to work something out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/think/#m1)

2) To think something is to believe it or have an opinion: «I think it will rain». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/think/#m2)

3) To think of or about something is to have it in your mind or remember it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/think/#m3)

4) To think of an idea is to make it up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/think/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

picture what happens to the groups before choosing an operation; in science we think what will happen (predict) and then test it; phrases: «think about», «think of», «think so», «think twice», «think ahead»

### examples

- Not quite. Think: what happens to the groups? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/think/#x1)
- Think: did Tom get more or fewer? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/think/#x2)
- Mia thinks she has 10 shells, but she has 8. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/think/#x3)
- I think it will snow tomorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/think/#x4)
- Think of a number between 1 and 10. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/think/#x5)
- What do you think will happen to the ice in the sun? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/think/#x6)
- I often think about my old school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/think/#x7)
- Think before you cross the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/think/#x8)
- Can't you think of something better?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/think/#x9)

### note

Past: thought. Carries no operation clue; it asks you to picture the change. Trap: what someone «thinks» may be wrong, so use the true count. «I think so» means «I believe yes».

### In the corpora

- [A crush means really liking someone and thinking about them a lot; it is a private feeling and often passes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/14/)
- [Sometimes a relative is left out of a family event after an argument the grown-ups think is private.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/17/)
- [A person with dementia may mix up names or think it is years ago; correcting them sharply can upset them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/15/)
- [Being arrested means the police think someone may have committed a crime and will question them; it is not yet proof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/8/)
- [Most people think tiny kind lies are OK, but big lies that hurt people or hide important things are not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «think» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/think/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.