"think much of" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: thinks much of [present, singular, third-person], thinking much of [participle, present], thought much of [participle, past], thought much of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|think<,,thought> much of}} think much of (third-person singular simple present thinks much of, present participle thinking much of, simple past and past participle thought much of)
  1. To like; to hold in high esteem; to look upon favourably. Synonyms (to like): care for Translations (hold in high esteem): 喜歡 (Chinese Mandarin), 喜欢 (xǐhuān) (Chinese Mandarin), 對……評價高 (Chinese Mandarin), 对……评价高 (duì... píngjià gāo) (Chinese Mandarin), arvostaa (Finnish), быть высоко́го мне́ния (bytʹ vysokóvo mnénija) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-think_much_of-en-verb-JpuocRkm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English negative polarity items, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of English negative polarity items: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 64 36 Disambiguation of 'to like': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'hold in high esteem': 96 4
  2. To consider deeply. (usually in the negative) Categories (topical): Thinking Translations (consider deeply): 想多 (xiǎng duō) (Chinese Mandarin), ajatella paljon jotakin (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-think_much_of-en-verb-xQp9aibx Disambiguation of Thinking: 29 71 Disambiguation of 'consider deeply': 7 93

Inflected forms

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