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ˈθɪŋ kɪŋthink·ing

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  1. thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentationadjective

    the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

    "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

    Synonyms:
    persuasion, idea, cerebration, opinion, view, sentiment, intellection, thought process, mentation, thought

    Antonyms:
    irrational

  2. intelligent, reasoning(a), thinking(a)adjective

    endowed with the capacity to reason

    Antonyms:
    irrational

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  1. hopping

    when we are hopping some one we are thinking his/her

    i am hopping that she will come today

    Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. thinkingnoun

    Synonyms:
    reflection, meditation, cogitation, musing, contemplation

  2. thinkingnoun

    Synonyms:
    judgment, opinion, thought, belief

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  1. thinkingadjective

    Synonyms:
    rational, pensive, reflective, contemplative, cogitative, introspective

  2. thinkingnoun

    Synonyms:
    cogitation, meditation, contemplation, thought

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  1. Judith Penney:

    As I’m older now, I can’t even fathom why Lorraine let me stay there, lots of times I think about, ‘Why did I do this? Why did I screw up my life like this?’ Sometimes I get angry thinking about it, how so much was taken away from me.

  2. Jeffrey Mankoff:

    It's kind of a reciprocity, they see us trying to muscle in on what they see as their sphere of influence. (Russia is likely thinking), 'If they can do it to us, we can do it them.'.

  3. Greg Hughes:

    When it comes to a bullying culture, you can't just leave it to the victims -- the bereaved parents -- to do the work of removing this abhorrent behavior, facebook Messenger has done incredible things. They are so forward thinking. Why can't they come up with the technology, with the algorithm to find a solution to this problem ?

  4. Bob Barnes:

    You can talk to anybody. You’re going to get a wave back from everybody, if you’ve been thinking about visiting Kentucky, you should definitely visit Kentucky.

  5. Kamil Ziegler:

    We are in a situation that we cannot just think about the Plan A ... but we are seriously thinking and preparing ourselves for the Plan B.


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