[
UK
/θˈɪŋkɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- endowed with the capacity to reason
NOUN
-
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
thinking always made him frown
she paused for thought
How To Use thinking In A Sentence
- For the owners of the Ivy to worry about people thinking they are just for VIPs is a little like a lion getting upset for being called a carnivore. Restaurant review: 34
- You can't help thinking that the promise of that final inspection adds a little extra sparkle to the finished product. Times, Sunday Times
- I am thinking about taking one row of raspberries away, maybe exchange the other one as well for a newer kind with bigger berries in, so we can have a bit more room for flowers along the allotment border.
- I also had a tissue biopsy taken, but went home thinking it couldn't be too worrying. The Sun
- Is that something you really want to see, that kind of ossified thinking in a bureaucratic organization like Homeland Security? CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2005
- Any book that is written for the public, as this one is, needs to bring across that maturity and complexity of thinking in such a way that it is digestible by nonspecialists, without trivializing the subject.
- The clinician must be well-attuned to the patient when the patient may be in the process of reconstructing schemas, thinking dialectically, recognizing paradox and generating a revised life narrative.
- She took a day off of classes to attend the event because she wants to help her mom, the current owner of Kchelly's Beauty Center in Irvington, N.J. "She's thinking of handing [the business] to me," explains Ms. Darden, who is currently a manager at the salon and beauty-supply store. Need Advice? We'll Give You 30 Minutes
- Ideas for friends to run a restaurant seem like wishful thinking but they may just work. The Sun
- The art of writing a good chess program is thinking of efficient short cuts through the search-space.