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think up

(tr, adverb) to invent or devise: to think up a plan.

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think up - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

dream up, hatch, concoct, think of

idealise, idealize - form ideals; "Man has always idealized"

create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands

cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue

think

verbthink about

1. To think or think about carefully and at length:

chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh.

Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain.

2. To use the powers of the mind, as in conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and making judgments:

cerebrate, cogitate, deliberate, ratiocinate, reflect, speculate.

Idioms: put on one's thinking cap, use one's head.

3. To view in a certain way:

believe, feel, hold, sense.

4. To regard in an appraising way:

believe, repute, suppose.

5. To have an opinion:

believe, consider, deem, hold, opine.

Informal: figure, judge.

Idiom: be of the opinion.

6. To renew an image or thought in the mind:

bethink, mind, recall, recollect, remember, reminisce, retain, revive.

Idiom: bring to mind.

7. To form mental images of:

conceive, envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, image, imagine, picture, see, vision, visualize.

Informal: feature.

phrasal verb
think about

To care enough to keep (someone) in mind:

remember, think of.

phrasal verb
think of

1. To receive (an idea) and take it into consideration:

consider, entertain, hear of.

2. To care enough to keep (someone) in mind:

remember, think about.

phrasal verb
think out

To think or think about carefully and at length:

chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think over, think through, turn over, weigh.

Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain.

phrasal verb
think over

To think or think about carefully and at length:

chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think through, turn over, weigh.

Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain.

phrasal verb
think through

To think or think about carefully and at length:

chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, turn over, weigh.

Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain.

phrasal verb
think up

To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving:

concoct, contrive, devise, dream up, fabricate, formulate, hatch, invent, make up.

Informal: cook up.

Idiom: come up with.

Translations

يَبْتَكِر، يَخْتَرِع

vymyslit

udtænke

ausdenken erdenken sich ausdenken

inventer

kiagyal

upphugsa, finna upp á

inventare

düşünüp bulmakicat etmek

发明

w>think up

vt sep → sich (dat) → ausdenken; who thought up that idea? → wer ist auf die Idee gekommen?

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think

(θiŋk) – past tense, past participle thought (θoːt) – verb

1. (often with about) to have or form ideas in one's mind. Can babies think?; I was thinking about my mother.

2. to have or form opinions in one's mind; to believe. He thinks (that) the world is flat; What do you think of his poem?; What do you think about his suggestion?; He thought me very stupid.

3. to intend or plan (to do something), usually without making a final decision. I must think what to do; I was thinking of/about going to London next week.

4. to imagine or expect. I never thought to see you again; Little did he think that I would be there as well.

noun

the act of thinking. Go and have a think about it.

ˈthinker noun

a person who thinks, especially deeply and constructively. He's one of the world's great thinkers.

-thought-out

planned. a well-thought-out campaign.

think better of

1. to think again and decide not to; to reconsider. He was going to ask for more money, but he thought better of it.

2. to think that (someone) could not be so bad etc. I thought better of you than to suppose you would do that.

think highly/well/badly etc of

to have a good, or bad, opinion of. She thought highly of him and his poetry.

think little of / not think much of

to have a very low opinion of. He didn't think much of what I had done; He thought little of my work.

think of

1. to remember to do (something); to keep in one's mind; to consider. You always think of everything!; Have you thought of the cost involved?

2. to remember. I couldn't think of her name when I met her at the party.

3. (with would, ~should, ~not, ~never etc) to be willing to do (something). I would never think of being rude to her; He couldn't think of leaving her.

think out

to plan; to work out in the mind. He thought out the whole operation.

think over

to think carefully about; to consider all aspects of (an action, decision etc). He thought it over, and decided not to go.

think twice (often with about)

to hesitate before doing (something); to decide not to do (something one was intending to do). I would think twice about going, if I were you.

think up

to invent; to devise. He thought up a new process.

think the world of

to be very fond of. He thinks the world of his wife.

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