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How to pronounce thinking in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms intelligent, reasoning
Type Words
Synonyms cerebration, intellection, mentation, thought, thought process
Type of higher cognitive process
Has types construction, convergent thinking, divergent thinking, excogitation, explanation, free association, ideation, line of thought, abstract thought, mental synthesis, mysticism, out-of-the-box thinking, planning, preparation, problem solving, provision, reasoning, thread, train of thought, logical thinking, consideration
Derivation think


thinking always made him frown.

Examples of thinking

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Workers must have the thinking skills vital to putting the basic skills to work.
From the dailyherald.com
She called her doctor and drank some water, thinking it was another false alarm.
From the thenewstribune.com
Person said that she decided just to play aggressively instead of over-thinking.
From the desmoinesregister.com
You people are only thinking of this world when the next will be more important.
From the washingtontimes.com
The implications of these facts are a cause for concern for any thinking person.
From the washingtontimes.com
Thinking here is that Johnson has a way easier go of it vs. Rams'shabby defense.
From the timesunion.com
He asked critics to spend the next two weeks thinking about whether that's true.
From the tennessean.com
They're constantly thinking of what's next or how they can explore old material.
From the timesunion.com
I'm thinking about coining a new phrase to describe a particular film sub-genre.
From the theatlantic.com
More examples
  • Intelligent: endowed with the capacity to reason
  • The process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"
  • (think) an instance of deliberate thinking; "I need to give it a good think"
  • (think) judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
  • (think) expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
  • (think) use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"
  • (think) remember: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
  • Thoughts are forms conceived in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses. Thought and thinking are the processes by which these concepts are perceived and manipulated. ...
  • Thinking is the famous poem written by Walter D. Wintle, a poet who lived in the late 19th and early 20th century. Little to nothing is known about any details of his life. "Thinking" is also known as "The Man Who Thinks He Can".