think
To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
Example
“Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.”
Other meanings
To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
“"I should phone my mother," I thought.”
To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
“I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "þenċan".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “think” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.