- the process of thinking about something
- I had to do some quick thinking.
- She believes in encouraging creative thinking in the classroom.
- He had some serious thinking to do.
- With good, clear thinking one can arrive at an answer.
Extra Examples- The school would have made better use of the money with a little forward thinking.
- This topic requires a lot of deep thinking.
- We have some hard thinking to do before we agree to the plan.
- We hope that her book will stimulate thinking about this subject.
- We aim to develop the processes of scientific thinking in children.
- Yes, I'll email her instead—that's good thinking (= a good idea).
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- hard
- serious
- …
- piece
- do
- apply
- use
- …
- thinking behind
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- ideas or opinions about something
- What is the current thinking on this question?
- I disagree with that kind of thinking.
- the thinking behind something She explained the thinking behind the campaign.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumenta2- His writings on motorized warfare dominated strategic thinking in the 1930s.
- The latest announcement marks a major shift in government thinking.
- They are unlikely to have changed their thinking so soon.
- Traditional educational thinking placed importance on learning by rote.
- contemporary trends in feminist thinking
- The new thinking in foreign policy led to a more open attitude towards the West.
- This concept goes against much traditional thinking about language.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- contemporary
- current
- modern
- …
- develop
- influence
- shape
- …
- in…thinking
- thinking about
- thinking on
- …
- a shift in somebody’s thinking
- to somebody’s way of thinking
Idioms
See thinking in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee thinking in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishto my way of thinking
- in my opinionTopics Opinion and argumentc2
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