Thinking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thinking is a noun meaning The action or process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something.
Meaning
The action or process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something.
More Meanings
- A thought.
- present participle and gerund of think
Example Sentences
What is your thinking on this subject?
I'm thinking about inventing a new perpetual-motion machine.
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.
When BR "back-checked" (BR's term) the financial results of steam replacement across 49 schemes, where DMUs had been substituted on the London Midland Region, only one was now profitable. BR thinking on such substitutions referred to "betterment", not profit or loss.
Word Forms
- thinkings
Synonyms for thinking
Depending on context, synonyms include cerebration, intelligent, mentation, intellection, thought, reasoning.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cerebration, cogitative, thoughtful, rational, intellection, mentation.
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