Meanings
present singular third person thinks about · participle present thinking about · participle past thought about · past thought about
- transitiveTo consider as a course of action.
You should think about getting that leaky roof repaired.
1 more example
Some more years later, the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company lost the contract so well cared for over 60 years. In 1920 the Irish M.P.s had other things to think about, and the L.N.W.R. tender was accepted.
1960 May 28, K. A. Murray, “Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire”, in Railway Magazine, page 305
Synonyms & antonyms
verbtake into consideration, have in view
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Esperanto pripensi
- pripensiponder
Finnish ajatella, pohtia
- ajatellaponder
- pohtiaponder
French penser à, réfléchir à
- penser àponder
- réfléchir àponder
German (jemand) denken an
- (jemand) denken anponder
Greek αναλογίζομαι
- αναλογίζομαι (analogízomai)ponder
Hindi चिंतन करना
- चिंतन करना (cintan karnā)ponder
Lithuanian galvoti
- galvotiponder
Polish myśleć o, pomyśleć o
- myśleć oponder
- pomyśleć oponder
- myśleć oconsider
- pomyśleć oconsider
Portuguese pensar em, pensar sobre
- pensar emponder
- pensar sobreponder
Russian обду́мывать, обду́мать
- обду́мывать (obdúmyvatʹ)ponder
- обду́мать (obdúmatʹ)ponder
Slovak myslieť o
- myslieť oponder
Spanish pensar en, ocurrírsele
- pensar enponder
- ocurrírseleponder
- pensarconsider
- tener pensadoconsider
Swedish tänka på
- tänka påponder
Cite this entry
think about. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/think%20about
“think about.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/think%20about. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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