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[ verb ] have on one's mind, think about actively
Examples "I'm thinking about my friends abroad" "She always thinks about her children first" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)But at_least it 's reassuring to see some teenagers who do n't profess to know all the answers and are thinking_about their problems instead . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)He had not even thought_about her much except once or twice at night in bed when his slowly ranging thoughts would abruptly , almost accidentally , encounter her . He thought_about it briefly , then deliberately turned the talk to something else . He looked at the lined face with vague interest ; he felt he was noting it , as if it were something he might think_about when he grew stronger . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)We felt the same sometimes , while Ma was n't thinking_about that at_all , not anything like that . |
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[ verb ] take into consideration, have in view
Synonyms Examples "He entertained the notion of moving to South America" Used in print (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)It was a part so familiar to him that he did not bother to think_about it any_more . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)`` We 've got plenty of time to think_about that . Related terms |
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