"think about" meaning in All languages combined

See think about on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-think about.wav Forms: thinks about [present, singular, third-person], thinking about [participle, present], thought about [participle, past], thought about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|think<,,thought> about}} think about (third-person singular simple present thinks about, present participle thinking about, simple past and past participle thought about)
  1. (transitive) To ponder. Tags: transitive Translations (ponder): մտորել (mtorel) (Armenian), pripensi (Esperanto), ajatella (Finnish), pohtia (Finnish), penser à (French), réfléchir à (French), (jemand) denken an (German), αναλογίζομαι (analogízomai) (Greek), (alcuno, alco) pensar a (Interlingua), mieritreritra (Malagasy), pensar em (Portuguese), pensar sobre (Portuguese), обду́мывать (obdúmyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обду́мать (obdúmatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), मन्यते (manyate) (Sanskrit), myslieť o [with-locative] (Slovak), pensar en alguien (Spanish), ponderar (Spanish), tänka på (Swedish), pälsk- (Tocharian A), pälsk- (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-think_about-en-verb-pUZxMe4e Disambiguation of 'ponder': 89 11
  2. (transitive) To consider as a course of action. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-think_about-en-verb--owzykjU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "about", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Malagasy translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tocharian A translations, Terms with Tocharian B translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "about": 11 89 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Malagasy translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian A translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 2 98

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "89 11",
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        "(transitive) To consider as a course of action."
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mtorel",
      "sense": "ponder",
      "word": "մտորել"
    },
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ponder",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ponder",
      "word": "ajatella"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ponder",
      "word": "pohtia"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ponder",
      "word": "penser à"
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    {
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ponder",
      "word": "réfléchir à"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ponder",
      "word": "(jemand) denken an"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "analogízomai",
      "sense": "ponder",
      "word": "αναλογίζομαι"
    },
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      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "ponder",
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      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "ponder",
      "word": "mieritreritra"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ponder",
      "word": "pensar em"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ponder",
      "word": "pensar sobre"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obdúmyvatʹ",
      "sense": "ponder",
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      "word": "обду́мывать"
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      "code": "sa",
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      "roman": "manyate",
      "sense": "ponder",
      "word": "मन्यते"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ponder",
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