think – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of think

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to think sth through
Participle: thought sth through
Gerund: thinking sth through

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ithink sth through
youthink sth through
he;she;itthinks sth through
wethink sth through
youthink sth through
theythink sth through

Perfect

Ihave thought sth through
youhave thought sth through
he;she;ithas thought sth through
wehave thought sth through
youhave thought sth through
theyhave thought sth through

Past

Ithought sth through
youthought sth through
he;she;itthought sth through
wethought sth through
youthought sth through
theythought sth through

Pluperfect

Ihad thought sth through
youhad thought sth through
he;she;ithad thought sth through
wehad thought sth through
youhad thought sth through
theyhad thought sth through

Future

Iwill think sth through
youwill think sth through
he;she;itwill think sth through
wewill think sth through
youwill think sth through
theywill think sth through

Future Perfect

Iwill have thought sth through
youwill have thought sth through
he;she;itwill have thought sth through
wewill have thought sth through
youwill have thought sth through
theywill have thought sth through

Subjunctive

Present

Ithink sth through
youthink sth through
he;she;itthink sth through
wethink sth through
youthink sth through
theythink sth through

Perfect

Ihave thought sth through
youhave thought sth through
he;she;ithave thought sth through
wehave thought sth through
youhave thought sth through
theyhave thought sth through

Imperfect

Ithought sth through
youthought sth through
he;she;itthought sth through
wethought sth through
youthought sth through
theythought sth through

Pluperfect

Ihad thought sth through
youhad thought sth through
he;she;ithad thought sth through
wehad thought sth through
youhad thought sth through
theyhad thought sth through

Conditional

Present

Iwould think sth through
youwould think sth through
he;she;itwould think sth through
wewould think sth through
youwould think sth through
theywould think sth through

Perfect

Iwould have thought sth through
youwould have thought sth through
he;she;itwould have thought sth through
wewould have thought sth through
youwould have thought sth through
theywould have thought sth through

Imperative

youthink sth through
weLet's think sth through
youthink sth through

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam thinking sth through
youare thinking sth through
he;she;itis thinking sth through
weare thinking sth through
youare thinking sth through
theyare thinking sth through

Perfect

Ihave been thinking sth through
youhave been thinking sth through
he;she;ithas been thinking sth through
wehave been thinking sth through
youhave been thinking sth through
theyhave been thinking sth through

Past

Iwas thinking sth through
youwere thinking sth through
he;she;itwas thinking sth through
wewere thinking sth through
youwere thinking sth through
theywere thinking sth through

Pluperfect

Ihad been thinking sth through
youhad been thinking sth through
he;she;ithad been thinking sth through
wehad been thinking sth through
youhad been thinking sth through
theyhad been thinking sth through

Future

Iwill be thinking sth through
youwill be thinking sth through
he;she;itwill be thinking sth through
wewill be thinking sth through
youwill be thinking sth through
theywill be thinking sth through

Future Perfect

Iwill have been thinking sth through
youwill have been thinking sth through
he;she;itwill have been thinking sth through
wewill have been thinking sth through
youwill have been thinking sth through
theywill have been thinking sth through

Conditional

Present

Iwould be thinking sth through
youwould be thinking sth through
he;she;itwould be thinking sth through
wewould be thinking sth through
youwould be thinking sth through
theywould be thinking sth through

Perfect

Iwould have been thinking sth through
youwould have been thinking sth through
he;she;itwould have been thinking sth through
wewould have been thinking sth through
youwould have been thinking sth through
theywould have been thinking sth through

Other

Verbs similar to 'think'

athink, chink, shink, thank, thick, thin, thing, thunk, tink, twink,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

To go over in one's head.
ponder
contemplate
ponder, cogitate, meditate, consider, regard, conceive, imagine, picture
remember
recall, recollect
design
mean, purpose, intend
believe
deem, hold, anticipate, expect, suppose

Antonyms

contemplate
disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook
remember
forget, obliterate, overlook, repress
design
accident, fluke, chance, guess

Additional Information

think ← Old English þyncan.
thought ← Old English þohte , preterite of þencan.

Etymology

1. O.E. þencan "conceive in the mind, think, consider, intend" (past tense þohte, p.p. geþoht), probably originally "cause to appear to oneself," from P.Gmc. *thankjan (cf. O.Fris. thinka, O.S. thenkian, O.H.G. denchen, Ger. denken, O.N. þekkja, Goth. þagkjan); O.E. þencan is the causative form of the distinct O.E. verb þyncan "to seem or appear" (past tense þuhte, pp. geþuht), from P.Gmc. *thunkjan (cf. Ger. dünken, däuchte). Both are from PIE *tong- "to think, feel" which also is the root of thought and thank. The two meanings converged in M.E. and þyncan "to seem" was absorbed, except for archaic methinks "it seems to me." Jocular pp. thunk (not historical, but by analogy of drink, sink, etc.) is recorded from 1876. Think-tank is 1959 as "research institute" (first ref. is to Center for Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, Calif.); it had been colloquial for "the brain" since 1905.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *teng-der.
4. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną
5. Proto-West Germanic *þankijan
6. Old English þenċan
7. Middle English thinken
8. English think
9. From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken, thenchen, from Old English þenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel, know”).
10. Cognate with Scots think, thynk (“to think”), North Frisian teenk, taanke, tanke, tånke (“to think”), Saterland Frisian toanke (“to think”), West Frisian tinke (“to think”), Dutch denken, dinken (“to think”), Afrikaans dink (“to think”), Low German denken, dinken (“to think”), German denken (“to think”), Danish tænke (“to think”), Swedish tänka (“to think”), Norwegian Bokmål tenke (“to think”), Norwegian Nynorsk tenkja (“to think”), Icelandic þekkja (“to know, recognise, identify, perceive”), Gothic þagkjan (“to think”), Latin tongeō (“know”). See: Middle English 'thinken', Proto-Germanic '*þankijaną', Scots 'think', Frisian, Saterlandic 'toanke', Dutch 'denken', Afrikaans 'dink', Low Saxon 'denken', German, old spelling 'denken', Danish 'tænke', Swedish 'tänka', Norwegian 'tenke', Norwegian, nynorsk 'tenkja', Icelandic 'þekkja', Gothic 'þagkjan', Latin 'tongeō'.

Verbs referencing "think"

German, old spelling denken, Tok Pisin ting, Naija tink, Low Saxon dünken, Alemannic German tenke, German, Pennsylvania denke, Norwegian, nynorsk tenkja, Tok Pisin tingting, Danish tykkes, Cimbrian dénkhan, Alemannic German dänke.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] certainly; but somebody said, ‘of course it would be light, at sea, ’ a proposition to which we all assented; echoing ‘of course, of course; ’ though it would be exceedingly difficult to say why we thought so. I remember, too, when we had discovered and exhausted another topic of consolation in the circumstance of this ladies ’ cabin adjoining our state-room, and the consequently immense feasibility [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] a fellow had, ” rejoined the other. “ Why, last fall, I let him go to Cincinnati alone, to do business for me, and bring home five hundred dollars. ‘Tom, ’ says I to him, ‘I trust you, because I think you 're a Christian—I know you wouldn't cheat. ’ Tom comes back, sure enough; I knew he would. Some low fellows, they say, said to him—Tom, why don't you make tracks for Canada ? ’ ’ Ah, master [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] her baby; and she was one of your real high sort, when her blood was up. I tell you, she squeezed up her child in her arms, and talked, and went on real awful. It kinder makes my blood run cold to think of ’ t; and when they carried off the child, and locked her up, she jest went ravin ’ mad, and died in a week. Clear waste, sir, of a thousand dollars, just for want of management,—there's where ’ t [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] long, quite coolly and contentedly; with no sense of weariness, with no desire to get up, or get better, or take the air; with no curiosity, or care, or regret, of any sort or degree, saving that I think I can remember, in this universal indifference, having a kind of lazy joy—of fiendish delight, if anything so lethargic can be dignified with the title—in the fact of my wife being too ill to talk [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and a pair of boots such as no weak man in his senses could ever have got into. I found myself standing, when a gleam of consciousness came upon me, holding on to something. I do n't know what. I think it was the boatswain: or it may have been the pump: or possibly the cow. I ca n't say how long I had been there; whether a day or a minute. I recollect trying to think about something (about [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Still she thought she heard the trader make an offer for her boy; — could she be mistaken ? Her heart swelled and throbbed, and she involuntarily strained him so tight that the little fellow looked up into her face [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Divided between our rubber and such topics as these, we were running (as we thought ) into Halifax Harbour, on the fifteenth night, with little wind and a bright moon—indeed, we had made the Light at its outer entrance, and put the pilot in charge—when suddenly the ship struck upon [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] a boat on shore. It was amusing to observe how very kind some of the passengers were, in volunteering to go ashore in this same boat: for the general good, of course: not by any means because they thought the ship in an unsafe position, or contemplated the possibility of her heeling over in case the tide were running out. Nor was it less amusing to remark how desperately unpopular the poor pilot [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] do you talk so for ? I would as soon have one of my own children sold. But really, Eliza, you are getting altogether too proud of that little fellow. A man can't put his nose into the door, but you think he must be coming to buy him. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • At this, I really thought the waiter must have gone out of his mind: as I believe he would have done, but for the interposition of another man, who whispered in his ear, ‘Directly. ’ (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Hello? What's the use ? I thought you might be a little romantic by candlelight, but it... (A Night for Crime)
  • They thought that would make my life easier. So we left Mounir behind... (Dammi)
  • Well, uh, I think I would've remembered. Have we ever met ? (Faye)
  • Do you know me ? Well, uh, I think I would've remembered. (Faye)
  • If you could come from another planet, you think you'd wanna talk to Biden ? (Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats)