think of

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	think of - keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!" remember bear in mind, mind - keep in mind retain - keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information" keep note - maintain in the forefront of one's awareness; "He kept note of the location of the soldiers" characterize, characterise, qualify - describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
	2.	think of - take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America" flirt with, toy with, entertain, think about contemplate - consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"
	3.	think of - look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, esteem, look on think, believe, conceive, consider - judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
	4.	think of - intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" have in mind, mean associate, colligate, link, relate, tie in, connect, link up - make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" cite, mention, refer, advert, name, bring up - make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
	5.	think of - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software" dream up, think up, hatch, concoct idealise, idealize - form ideals; "Man has always idealized" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue
	6.	think of - choose in one's mind; "Think of any integer between 1 and 25" choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

Translations

? think of

vi +prep obj

(= consider, give attention to) → denken an (+acc); I’ve too many things to think of just now → ich habe gerade zu viel um die Ohren (inf); I’ve enough things to think of as it is → ich habe sowieso schon den Kopf voll or schon genug um die Ohren (inf); he has his family to think of → er muss an seine Familie denken; he thinks of nobody but himself → er denkt bloß an sich; what was I thinking of! (inf) → was habe ich mir da(bei) bloß gedacht?; come to think of it → wenn ich es mir recht überlege

(= remember) → denken an (+acc); will you think of me sometimes? → wirst du manchmal an mich denken?; I can’t think of her name → ich kann mich nicht an ihren Namen erinnern, ich komme nicht auf ihren Namen

(= imagine) → sich (dat) → vorstellen, bedenken, sich (dat) → denken; and to think of her going there alone! → und wenn man bedenkt or sich (dat) → vorstellt, dass sie ganz allein dorthin gehen will/geht/ging; think of the cost of all that! → stell dir bloß vor or denk dir bloß, was das alles kostet; just think of him in a kilt! → stellen Sie sich (dat) → ihn mal in einem Schottenrock vor!

(= entertain possibility of) she’d never think of getting married → sie denkt gar nicht daran zu heiraten; he’d never think of such a thing → so etwas würde ihm nicht im Traum einfallen; would you think of lowering the price a little? → würden Sie unter Umständen den Preis etwas ermäßigen?

(= devise, suggest) solution, idea, scheme → sich (dat) → ausdenken; who thought of that idea? → wer ist auf diese Idee gekommen or verfallen?; who thought of that plan? → wer hat sich diesen Plan ausgedacht?; the best thing I can think of is to go home → ich halte es für das Beste, nach Hause zu gehen; shoes for dogs! what will they think of next! → Schuhe für Hunde! was sie sich wohl (nächstens) noch alles einfallen lassen!

(= have opinion of) → halten von; what do you think of it/him? → was halten Sie davon/von ihm?; to think well or highly of somebody/something → eine gute or hohe Meinung von jdm/etw haben, viel von jdm/etw halten; to think little or not to think much of somebody/something → wenig or nicht viel von jdm/etw halten; I told him what I thought of him → ich habe ihm gründlich die or meine Meinung gesagt; he is very well thought of in his own town → in seiner Heimatstadt hält man große Stücke auf ihn