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Definition of Thinking
1. Noun. The process of using your mind to consider something carefully. "She paused for thought"
Generic synonyms: Higher Cognitive Process
Specialized synonyms: Free Association, Construction, Mental Synthesis, Abstract Thought, Logical Thinking, Reasoning, Line Of Thought, Thread, Train Of Thought, Mysticism, Ideation, Consideration, Excogitation, Explanation, Planning, Preparation, Provision, Problem Solving, Convergent Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Out-of-the-box Thinking
Derivative terms: Cerebrate, Think, Think, Think, Think, Think
2. Adjective. Endowed with the capacity to reason.
Definition of Thinking
1. a. Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being.
2. n. The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.
Definition of Thinking
1. Noun. Gerund of think. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of think) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thinking
1. an opinion or judgment [n -S]
Medical Definition of Thinking
1. Mental activity, not predominantly perceptual, by which one apprehends some aspect of an object or situation based on past learning and experience. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thinking
Literary usage of Thinking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1894)
"Sensation, Remembrance, Contemplation, &c., modes of thinking. CHAPTER XIX.
OF THE MODES OF thinking. i. WHEN the mind turns its view inwards upon itself, ..."
2. Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey (1916)
"thinking which is not connected with increase of efficiency in action, ...
And skill obtained apart from thinking is not connected with any sense of the ..."
3. An essay concerning human understanding by John Locke (1838)
"thought) should be that eternal first-thinking Being. What certainty of knowledge
can any one have that some perceptions, such as, v.ff. pleasure and pain, ..."
4. An essay concerning human understanding by John Locke (1823)
"than a contradiction to suppose matter (which is evidently in its own nature void
of sense and thought) should be that eternal first-thinking Being. ..."
5. Childhood and Character: An Introduction to the Study of the Religious Life by Hugh Hartshorne (1919)
"thinking The Functional View of thinking. So far, we have been considering that
phase of activity which can be seen. But there is another phase, ..."
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