"think over" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-think over.ogg [Australia] Forms: thinks over [present, singular, third-person], thinking over [participle, present], thought over [participle, past], thought over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|think<,,thought> over}} think over (third-person singular simple present thinks over, present participle thinking over, simple past and past participle thought over)
  1. (idiomatic) To ponder or reflect on a subject. Tags: idiomatic Translations (ponder or reflect): обмислям (obmisljam) (Bulgarian), pohtia (Finnish), miettiä (Finnish), harkita (Finnish), ajatella (Finnish), réfléchir (French), nachdenken (German), überlegen (German), 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽 (mitōn) (Gothic), végiggondol (Hungarian), átgondol (Hungarian), meettiä (Ingrian), dēlīberō (Latin), обду́мать (obdúmatʹ) (Russian), ponderar (Spanish), recapacitar (Spanish), розду́мувати (rozdúmuvaty) (Ukrainian), розмірко́вувати (rozmirkóvuvaty) (Ukrainian), обду́мати (obdúmaty) (Ukrainian), проду́мати (prodúmaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-think_over-en-verb-WPI6ridV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (over)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "ponder or reflect",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ponder or reflect",
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          "sense": "ponder or reflect",
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          "sense": "ponder or reflect",
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          "sense": "ponder or reflect",
          "word": "réfléchir"
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          "sense": "ponder or reflect",
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          "sense": "ponder or reflect",
          "word": "überlegen"
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          "sense": "ponder or reflect",
          "word": "𐌼𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽"
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          "sense": "ponder or reflect",
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          "sense": "ponder or reflect",
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          "sense": "ponder or reflect",
          "word": "dēlīberō"
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          "sense": "ponder or reflect",
          "word": "обду́мать"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ponder or reflect",
          "word": "ponderar"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ponder or reflect",
          "word": "recapacitar"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "ponder or reflect",
          "word": "розду́мувати"
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      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "обмислям"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "pohtia"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "miettiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "harkita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "ajatella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "réfléchir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "nachdenken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "überlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "mitōn",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "𐌼𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "végiggondol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "átgondol"
    },
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      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "meettiä"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "dēlīberō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obdúmatʹ",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "обду́мать"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "ponderar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "recapacitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozdúmuvaty",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "розду́мувати"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozmirkóvuvaty",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "розмірко́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obdúmaty",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "обду́мати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prodúmaty",
      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
      "word": "проду́мати"
    }
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