THINKING Definition & Meaning

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thinking

[ thing-king ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

rational; reasoning:
People are thinking animals.
thoughtful; reflective:
Any thinking person would reject that plan.

noun

thought; think; thought; judgment, reflection:
clear thinking.

thinking

/ ˈθɪŋ��ɪŋ /

noun

opinion or judgment
the process of thought

adjective

prenominal using or capable of using intelligent thought
thinking people
put on one's thinking cap
to ponder a matter or problem

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Origin of thinking¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English thenking (noun); think ¹, -ing ², -ing ¹

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This is what we’re capable of thinking when straddling two worlds: the one we exist in now as adults and the one we grew up in.

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The problem was thinking I had to get it right.

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He says that when thinking back on those stormy moments in 2008, he asks himself: “Would the 21-year-old version of myself be stoked to meet the current version?”

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The diagnosis prompted him to think about how thinking about autism has changed over the decades, including how the diagnosis no longer carries the stigma that it did during his childhood in the 1960s.

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Heavily taxing imported cars, the thinking goes, would put pressure on automakers to build manufacturing plants in the U.S.

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