thinking
rational; reasoning: People are thinking animals.
thoughtful; reflective: Any thinking person would reject that plan.
thought; judgment, reflection: clear thinking.
Origin of thinking
1Other words from thinking
- think·ing·ly, adverb
- non·think·ing, adjective, noun
Words Nearby thinking
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How to use thinking in a sentence
The thinking was if kids can’t gather for academics, they can’t gather for athletics.
School Sports Became ‘Clubs’ Amid the Pandemic – Now Two Coaches Are Out | Ashly McGlone | September 17, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoWhen kids give answers, they are encouraged to explain their thinking.
A secret of science: Mistakes boost understanding | Rachel Kehoe | September 10, 2020 | Science News For StudentsWe use language as one of our major tools for thinking, and it may be that it just isn’t up to every task.
Talking Is Throwing Fictional Worlds at One Another - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Kevin Berger | September 9, 2020 | NautilusI do a lot of my best thinking just by writing, and I’ve thought deeply about racism in this country, and the impact that it’s having on the country right now.
Levi Strauss’s Chip Bergh on why he’s taking his most direct stance yet against structural racism | Ellen McGirt | September 1, 2020 | FortuneIt’s a safe bet most business leaders don’t stay up at night thinking of Socrates.
The business advice Socrates would give if he wrote a management book today | jakemeth | August 25, 2020 | Fortune
While Huckabee is thinking about his run for president, I thought it was time to think about Huckabee.
But the ads are not just intended to remind the Google-curious that Paul exists and is thinking about running for president.
It is hard to feel attached to where you are if you are always thinking of where you have been or where you are going.
Our quest for better leaders—“Change we can believe in”— is wishful thinking.
I was thinking about retiring from modeling, but spending that time with them rekindled that bug.
Porn Stars on the Year in Porn: Drone Erotica, Belle Knox, and Wild Sex | Aurora Snow | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI do not care very much how you censor or select the reading and talking and thinking of the schoolboy or schoolgirl.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsHe, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.
The Red Year | Louis TracyHe desired his secretary to go to the devil, but, thinking better of it, he recalled him as he reached the door.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniBut you are mistaken in thinking the force west consists of the entire Merrill Horse.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnBernard sat thinking for a long time; at first with a good deal of mortification—at last with a good deal of bitterness.
Confidence | Henry James
British Dictionary definitions for thinking
/ (ˈθɪŋkɪŋ) /
opinion or judgment
the process of thought
(prenominal) using or capable of using intelligent thought: thinking people
put on one's thinking cap to ponder a matter or problem
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