"think over" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-think over.ogg 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)

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      "sense": "ponder or reflect",
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