Collocations for "thinking"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "thinking" in context.
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think
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- (yes,) I think so
- (no,) I don't think so
- think (that) you [could, would, should]
- think this is [important, delicious, difficult]
- I think I [know, want, need, saw]
- [personally, actually, honestly] think that
- I thought you [said you, didn't like, weren't going to]
- think about [that, this]
- think about [how, why, when, where]
- think about [home, your wife, work]
- think about [going, buying, coming, finishing, leaving, trying]
- I got to thinking (about)
- thinking of [going]
- UK: I thought not!
- (can't) think of [something, anything]
- I never thought of that
- I never thought I would (ever) [say this, see the day]
- thinking of you
- he thinks [a lot, very highly] of you
- think [to, for] yourself
- I'm thinking [out loud, aloud]
- think too [hard, much, deeply]
- think [fast, on your feet]
- (need to) think big
- (try to) think ahead
- think before you [speak, answer]
- think in terms of [the people, his own success, their safety]
- think the (exact) same thing (as)
- let me think
- what do you think?
- [I don't care, it doesn't matter] what [you, other people] think
- how could you (ever) think [such a thing, that]?
- is thought to have [been, died, caused]
- is thought to be the [first, biggest, only]
- is thought responsible for
- [is usually, tends to be] thought of as
- think through the [problem, equation, solution]
- didn't think it through [carefully, properly]
- need (time) to think it over
- (need) time to think on it
- let me have a think about [it, the idea, the situation]
- give it a [good, thorough, careful, quiet, little] think
- have a think over what I've said
- (then) you've got another think coming!
- a (government) think tank
'thinking' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Earth
- God
- I
- abstract
- alien
- alone
- aloud
- backward
- basis
- be
- bet
- bigot
- blue
- bullshit
- butterfly
- clear
- cloudy
- consequence
- conservative
- correct
- creative
- cut
- deceive
- decoy
- disruption
- do
- echo
- encourage
- energy
- enlist
- fast
- fault
- flawed
- fluffy
- fool
- forward
- fuck
- fuzzy
- get
- hell
- idiot
- imaginative
- join
- like
- loud
- lull
- masterpiece
- mind
- mislead
- mistaken