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Definition of think of phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

think of

phrasal verb
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think about/of somebody/something
  1. to consider somebody/something when you are doing or planning something
    • Don't you ever think about other people?
  2. to consider doing something synonym contemplate
    • think about/of doing something She's thinking of changing her job.
think of something/somebody
  1. to have an image or idea of something/somebody in your mind
    • When I said that I wasn't thinking of anyone in particular.
    • I often think of Jane.
  2. to create an idea in your imagination
    • Can anybody think of a way to raise money?
    • ‘What shall we do now?’ ‘I'll think of something.’
    • Have you thought of a name for the baby yet?
  3. [no passive] (used especially with can) to remember something/somebody
    • I can think of at least three occasions when he arrived late.
    • I can't think of her name at the moment.
think of something
  1. to imagine an actual or a possible situation
    • Just think of the expense!
    • think of doing something I couldn't think of letting you take the blame (= I would not allow that to happen).
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