thinking
//ˈθɪŋkɪŋ//
Forms
- Plural
- thinkings
Definitions
1.The action or process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something.
- I heard you were thinking of resigning.
- I've been thinking about this for a few months.
- He was wrong in thinking that she'd come to see him.
2.A thought.
- What is your thinking on this subject?
- But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking, and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.
1.present participle and gerund of think
- I'm thinking about inventing a new perpetual-motion machine.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1704
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English thinking, thynkynge, thenkyng, equivalent to think + -ing.