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Definition of Think up
1. Verb. Devise or invent. "Did he think up his major works over a short period of time?"; "No-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
Specialized synonyms: Idealise, Idealize, Cook Up, Fabricate, Invent, Make Up, Manufacture
Generic synonyms: Create By Mental Act, Create Mentally
Derivative terms: Concoction
Definition of Think up
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To create in one’s mind; to invent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Think Up
Literary usage of Think up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1911)
""Let 's think up some scheme for making ourselves thoroughly disliked over there.
... "Well, we '11 have to think up something," said Sandy. ..."
2. Parnellism and Crime by James Hannen Hannen (1889)
"The evictions were actually carried out in 1880 and 1881, I think. Up to that
time what were the relations between landlords and tenants in the county ? ..."
3. The Divine Comedy of Patriotism by Mortimer Thomson (1900)
"You should think up some way to achieve without revolution. 9- Conquest of equal
by equal was law in past eras: To please you shall we lose its effects? ..."
4. Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War at the Second by United States Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War (1865)
"I think up as far as Grand Ecore, about twenty-five hundred men. They were not
required in any engagement; they were guarding the trains— one brigade of ..."
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