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Idioms about think
Origin of think
1First recorded before 900; Middle English thinken, variant of thenken, Old English thencan; cognate with Dutch, German denken, Old Norse thekkja, Gothic thagkjan; akin to Latin tongēre “to know” and thank
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Other definitions for think (2 of 2)
think2
[ thingk ]
/ θɪŋk /
verb (used without object), thought, think·ing.Obsolete.
to seem or appear (usually used impersonally with a dative as the subject).
Compare methinks.
Origin of think
2First recorded before 900; Middle English thinken “to present the appearance of, seem,” Old English thyncan “to seem”; cognate with Dutch dunken, German dünken, Old Norse thykkja, Gothic thugkjan
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British Dictionary definitions for think
think
/ (θɪŋk) /
verb thinks, thinking or thought
noun
Derived forms of think
thinker, nounWord Origin for think
Old English thencan; related to Old Frisian thenza, Old Saxon thenkian, Old High German denken, Old Norse thekkja, Gothic thagkjan
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