See think of the children on Wiktionary
Download JSON data for think of the children meaning in All languages combined (5.1kB)
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "thinks of the children",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "thinking of the children",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "thought of the children",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "thought of the children",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "think<,,thought> of the children"
},
"expansion": "think of the children (third-person singular simple present thinks of the children, present participle thinking of the children, simple past and past participle thought of the children)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "53 47",
"sense": "example of",
"word": "adhortatio"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 47",
"sense": "example of",
"word": "argumentum ad passiones"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 47",
"sense": "example of",
"word": "deesis"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 47",
"sense": "example of",
"tags": [
"often"
],
"word": "logical fallacy"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 47",
"sense": "example of",
"word": "special pleading"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "77 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "71 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "73 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "79 21",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Conservatism",
"orig": "en:Conservatism",
"parents": [
"Ideologies",
"Politics",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "74 26",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Logical fallacies",
"orig": "en:Logical fallacies",
"parents": [
"Logic",
"Rhetoric",
"Formal sciences",
"Philosophy",
"Language",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Communication",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "See think of the children"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An appeal to suspend rational consideration of an issue owing to its presumptive negative effects on the young and impressionable, usually in ironic or mocking parody of another's argumentum ad passiones or moral panic."
],
"id": "en-think_of_the_children-en-verb-cvohUmcf",
"links": [
[
"appeal",
"appeal#English"
],
[
"suspend",
"suspend#English"
],
[
"rational",
"rational#English"
],
[
"consideration",
"consideration#English"
],
[
"issue",
"issue#English"
],
[
"owing",
"owing#English"
],
[
"presumptive",
"presumptive#English"
],
[
"negative",
"negative#English"
],
[
"effect",
"effect#English"
],
[
"young",
"young#English"
],
[
"impressionable",
"impressionable#English"
],
[
"usually",
"usually#English"
],
[
"ironic",
"ironic#English"
],
[
"mocking",
"mocking#English"
],
[
"parody",
"parody#English"
],
[
"another",
"another#English"
],
[
"argumentum ad passiones",
"argumentum ad passiones#English"
],
[
"moral panic",
"moral panic#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(usually as an interjection) An appeal to suspend rational consideration of an issue owing to its presumptive negative effects on the young and impressionable, usually in ironic or mocking parody of another's argumentum ad passiones or moral panic."
],
"raw_tags": [
"as an interjection"
],
"tags": [
"imperative",
"usually"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1964, Bill Walsh et al., Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Pictures",
"text": "Mrs Banks: Katie Nanna, I beseech you. Please reconsider. Think of the children. Think of Mr Banks. He was just beginning to get used to you.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1996 July 31, U.S. Representative Deborah Pryce, “Conference Report on H.R. 3734, Personal Responsibility and Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996”, in Congressional Record, volume 142, United States Government Printing Office, retrieved 2014-11-03, page H9392-H9424",
"text": "In closing, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to have the courage to set aside the status quo, to think of the children and families of this Nation and to embrace real reform. I urge a 'yes' vote on both sides of the aisle for this rule and the conference report.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A sincere plea to consider the young."
],
"id": "en-think_of_the_children-en-verb-pxel9Z--",
"links": [
[
"sincere",
"sincere#English"
],
[
"plea",
"plea#English"
],
[
"consider",
"consider#English"
],
[
"young",
"young#English"
]
],
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "33 67",
"word": "pas devant les enfants"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "33 67",
"word": "won't someone think of the children?"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 67",
"word": "what about the children?"
}
],
"tags": [
"imperative",
"usually"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-think of the children.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/En-au-think_of_the_children.ogg/En-au-think_of_the_children.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/En-au-think_of_the_children.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Think of the children"
],
"word": "think of the children"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"English verbs",
"en:Conservatism",
"en:Logical fallacies"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "thinks of the children",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "thinking of the children",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "thought of the children",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "thought of the children",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "think<,,thought> of the children"
},
"expansion": "think of the children (third-person singular simple present thinks of the children, present participle thinking of the children, simple past and past participle thought of the children)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"sense": "example of",
"word": "adhortatio"
},
{
"sense": "example of",
"word": "argumentum ad passiones"
},
{
"sense": "example of",
"word": "deesis"
},
{
"sense": "example of",
"tags": [
"often"
],
"word": "logical fallacy"
},
{
"sense": "example of",
"word": "special pleading"
},
{
"word": "pas devant les enfants"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "See think of the children"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An appeal to suspend rational consideration of an issue owing to its presumptive negative effects on the young and impressionable, usually in ironic or mocking parody of another's argumentum ad passiones or moral panic."
],
"links": [
[
"appeal",
"appeal#English"
],
[
"suspend",
"suspend#English"
],
[
"rational",
"rational#English"
],
[
"consideration",
"consideration#English"
],
[
"issue",
"issue#English"
],
[
"owing",
"owing#English"
],
[
"presumptive",
"presumptive#English"
],
[
"negative",
"negative#English"
],
[
"effect",
"effect#English"
],
[
"young",
"young#English"
],
[
"impressionable",
"impressionable#English"
],
[
"usually",
"usually#English"
],
[
"ironic",
"ironic#English"
],
[
"mocking",
"mocking#English"
],
[
"parody",
"parody#English"
],
[
"another",
"another#English"
],
[
"argumentum ad passiones",
"argumentum ad passiones#English"
],
[
"moral panic",
"moral panic#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(usually as an interjection) An appeal to suspend rational consideration of an issue owing to its presumptive negative effects on the young and impressionable, usually in ironic or mocking parody of another's argumentum ad passiones or moral panic."
],
"raw_tags": [
"as an interjection"
],
"tags": [
"imperative",
"usually"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1964, Bill Walsh et al., Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Pictures",
"text": "Mrs Banks: Katie Nanna, I beseech you. Please reconsider. Think of the children. Think of Mr Banks. He was just beginning to get used to you.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1996 July 31, U.S. Representative Deborah Pryce, “Conference Report on H.R. 3734, Personal Responsibility and Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996”, in Congressional Record, volume 142, United States Government Printing Office, retrieved 2014-11-03, page H9392-H9424",
"text": "In closing, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to have the courage to set aside the status quo, to think of the children and families of this Nation and to embrace real reform. I urge a 'yes' vote on both sides of the aisle for this rule and the conference report.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A sincere plea to consider the young."
],
"links": [
[
"sincere",
"sincere#English"
],
[
"plea",
"plea#English"
],
[
"consider",
"consider#English"
],
[
"young",
"young#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"imperative",
"usually"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-think of the children.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/En-au-think_of_the_children.ogg/En-au-think_of_the_children.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/En-au-think_of_the_children.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "won't someone think of the children?"
},
{
"word": "what about the children?"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Think of the children"
],
"word": "think of the children"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.