think through

verb

To fully consider, so as to understand all the consequences of.

Meanings

verbthink through (third-person singular simple present thinks through, present participle thinking through, simple past and past participle thought through)

present singular third person thinks through · participle present thinking through · participle past thought through · past thought through

  1. To fully consider, so as to understand all the consequences of.

    The fact that North America was the epicenter of the cataclysm, though acknowledged, has profound implications for our understanding of the human past that archaeologists have never thought through—in part because the scale of the cataclysm is only now beginning to be fully mapped out.

    2020, Cory Doctorow, Attack Surface, Tor Books, →ISBN

Translations

Czech promyslet
  • promysletto fully consider
Dutch doordenken
  • doordenkento fully consider
German durchdenken
  • durchdenkento fully consider
Hungarian végiggondol
  • végiggondolto fully consider
Polish przemyśliwać, przemyślać
  • przemyśliwaćto fully consider
  • przemyślaćto fully consider
  • przemyślećto fully consider
Russian проду́мывать, проду́мать
  • проду́мывать (prodúmyvatʹ)to fully consider
  • проду́мать (prodúmatʹ)to fully consider
Spanish cavilar
  • cavilarto fully consider
Swedish tänka igenom
  • tänka igenomto fully consider
Ukrainian проду́мувати, проду́мати
  • проду́мувати (prodúmuvaty)to fully consider
  • проду́мати (prodúmaty)to fully consider
Cite this entry
APA

think through. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/think%20through

MLA

“think through.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/think%20through. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “think through,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/think%20through.

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