thinking
US: /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/
UK: /θˈɪŋkɪŋ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
thinking /'θiɳkiɳ/- danh từ
- sự suy nghĩ, sự nghĩ ngợi, sự trầm tư
- tư tưởng, ý nghĩ, ý kiến
- high thinking: tư tưởng cao xa
- to my thinking: theo ý kiến tôi
- tính từ
- suy nghĩ, suy xét, nghĩ ngợi
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective+ noun [U]
1 the process of thinking about sth: I had to do some quick thinking.
See also -
2 ideas or opinions about sth: What is the current thinking on this question? + She explained the thinking behind the campaign.
Idioms see WAY n.
+ adjective [only before noun] intelligent and able to think seriously about things: the thinking woman's magazine + Thinking people agreed on the need for radical reform.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 rational, sensible, ratiocinative, intelligent, reasoning, reasonable; meditative, contemplative, reflective, philosophical, cogitative, pensive, thoughtful, intellectual:
Any thinking person would have done the same as you.
n.
2 opinion, judgement, belief, thought, point of view, viewpoint, assessment, evaluation, theory, reasoning, conclusion, idea, philosophy, outlook:
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Do you concur with the current thinking on education?
Collocation
1 using your mind to think
ADJ.
deep, hard, serious
This topic requires a lot of deep thinking.
| good
Yes, we'll phone them instead?that's good thinking (= a good idea).
| clear, logical | muddled | quick | forward
The school would have made better use of the money with a little forward thinking.
| positive | abstract, analytical, critical | creative, independent, innovative, original | lateral | wishful
His claims to be a millionaire are just wishful thinking.
QUANT.
piece
a brilliant piece of lateral thinking
VERB + THINKING
do
We have some hard thinking to do before we agree to the plan.
| apply
The book shows you how to apply critical thinking to your studies.
PREP.
~ behind
It was difficult to see what the thinking was behind their eventual decision.
2 opinion
ADJ.
contemporary, current, modern | fresh, new | conventional, old, traditional | divergent | government | Labour, Republican, etc. | economic, educational, historical, political, scientific, etc.
Traditional educational thinking placed importance on learning by rote.
| feminist, socialist, etc. | military, strategic
VERB + THINKING
develop, shape | clarify, explain | change
They are unlikely to have changed their thinking so soon.
| dominate
His writings on motorized warfare dominated strategic thinking in the 1930s.
PREP.
in … ~
contemporary trends in feminist thinking
| ~ about/on
What is the current Conservative thinking on social security?
PHRASES
a shift in sb's thinking
There's been a shift in government thinking on genetically-modified food.
| to sb's way of thinking
(= in sb's opinion)To my way of thinking, it would just be a massive waste of money.
Concise dictionary
'ðɪŋkɪŋnoun
+the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
adj.
+endowed with the capacity to reason
thought|thinks|thinkingθɪŋk
noun
+an instance of deliberate thinking
verb
+judge or regard; look upon; judge
+expect, believe, or suppose
+use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
+recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
+imagine or visualize
+focus one's attention on a certain state
+have in mind as a purpose
+decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting
+ponder; reflect on, or reason about
+dispose the mind in a certain way
+have or formulate in the mind
+be capable of conscious thought
+bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation
