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For the verb: "to think"

Simple Past:	thought
Past Participle:	thought

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

think

1. transitive verb
   1. (believe) croire, penser;
      I ~ so je crois;
      I don't ~ so je ne crois pas;
      what do you ~ it will cost? combien ça va coûter à ton avis?;
   2. (imagine) imaginer, croire;
   3. (have opinion) to ~ a lot/not much of penser/ne pas penser beaucoup de bien de;
      what do you ~ of him? que penses-tu de lui?

2. intransitive verb
   1. penser;
      (carefully) réfléchir;
      to ~ about or of sb/sth penser à qn/qch;
      I'll have to ~ about it il faudra que j'y réfléchisse;
      to ~ hard bien réfléchir;
      to be ~ing of doing envisager de faire;
      to ~ about doing penser à faire;
   2. (consider) to ~ of sb as considérer qn comme;
   3. (remember) to ~ of se rappeler.

think again

(reflect more) se repencher sur la question;
(change mind) changer d'avis.

think ahead

bien réfléchir (à l'avance).

think back

se reporter en arrière (to à).

think over:

~ over [sth], ~ [sth] over réfléchir à.

think through

bien réfléchir à (proposal, action);
faire le tour de (problem, question).

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'think' found in these entries:

English:

alike - aloud - anybody - better - big - clearly - dwell - fit - hard - highly - least - one - plan - reckon - reflect - ruminate - seriously - should - so - suppose - think-tank - who - wonder - world - wrong

French:

anticiper - approuver - chercher - cogiter - comment - contrairement - côté - croire - Dieu - dire - esprit - estimer - grand - idée - imaginer - mais - non - nous - oui - pas - penser - persister - plus - point - pouvoir - prendre - préoccuper - quand - que - raisonner - réfléchir - regarder - repenser - reporter - sembler - sept - seulement - sincèrement - songer - trouver - un - utile - vessie - vouloir - vous - y

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Principal Translations/Principales traductions
think	vtr	(hold an opinion of sthg) opinion	penser vi ⇒
			croire vtr ⇒
I think that we should take that road.
Je pense que nous devrions prendre cette route.
Je crois que nous devrions prendre cette route.
think	vtr	(analyse)	penser, réfléchir vi ⇒ ⇒
Let me think the various problems through, and I'll explain everything tomorrow.
Laissez-moi penser aux différents problèmes, et je vous expliquerai tout demain.
think	vtr	(be preoccupied with) être préoccupé	penser vi ⇒
He was saddened, and thought about her situation all the time.
Il était attristé, et pensait à sa situation tout le temps.
think	vtr	(expect)	penser vi ⇒
What do you think will happen?
Que penses-tu qu'il va arriver ?
think	vtr	(remember)	se rappeler vpr ⇒
Can you think of what we did last weekend?
Tu te rappelles ce qu'on a fait le week-end dernier ?
think	vtr	(intend) intention	penser vi ⇒
I think I'll go to the grocer's now.
Je pense que je vais aller à l'épicerie maintenant.
think	vi	(reflect)	réfléchir vi ⇒
I don't know at the moment; I need to think about it again.
Je ne sais pas pour le moment ; j'ai besoin d'y réfléchir encore.
think	vi	(regard as appropriate) juger	penser vi ⇒
He thought it was right to pay his taxes.
Il pensait que c'était normal de payer des impôts.
think	vi	(consider to be sthg) voir	considérer vi ⇒
Yes, I think of him as a friend.
Oui, je le considère comme un ami.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
think	vi	(find mentally) trouver	réfléchir vi ⇒
Give me a minute to think of a better route home.
Donnez-moi une minute pour réfléchir à un meilleur chemin pour aller à la maison.
think	vi	(meditate, daydream) méditer	réfléchir vi ⇒
Don't bother him, he's thinking.
Ne le dérange pas, il réfléchit.
think	vi	(hold an opinion) opinion	penser vi ⇒
I disagree with the government. What do you think?
Je ne suis pas d'accord avec le gouvernement. Qu'en penses-tu ?
think	vi	(remember)	me rappeler vpr ⇒
What is her name? I can't think.
Comment s'appelle-t-elle ? Je ne parviens pas à me rappeler.
think	vi	(discover sthg) trouver	penser vi ⇒
She thought of a solution before the others.
Elle a pensé à une solution avant les autres.
think	vtr	(conceive of) imaginer	trouver vtr ⇒
He thought of a new way to manufacture pencils.
Il a trouvé une nouvelle façon de fabriquer des crayons.
think	vtr	(ponder)	réfléchir vi ⇒
Let me think the situation through tonight.
Laissez-moi réfléchir à la situation ce soir.
think	vtr	(believe) être persuadé	penser vtr ⇒
I think that war is morally wrong.
Je pense que la guerre est condamnable d'un point de vue moral.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
as you might think			comme vous vous en doutez bien
great minds think alike		expr	les grands esprits se rencontrent
I don't think so			je ne pense pas
I think, therefore I am. (ergo sum)			Je pense donc je suis
not think much of		loc	ne pas penser beaucoup de bien de
the way you think			c'est votre opinion
think about			penser à qch
think about		v intr	cogiter (réfléchir à)
think ahead		v	anticiper ⇒ (situation)
think aloud			penser tout haut
think better of			changer d'avis
think better of it		v	se raviser ⇒
think factory			laboratoire d'idées
think hard		v	réfléchir longuement
think hard		v	gamberger ⇒ Très familier
think highly of		v	avoir une bonne opinion de
think highly of		v	estimer ⇒ (apprécier - personne)
think it over		v	réfléchissez-y
think much of		v	faire grand cas de
think nothing of		v	faire peu de cas de
think out loud			penser tout haut
think over		v	chercher ⇒ (réfléchir)
think positively		v	avoir un avis favorable
think tank			groupe de réflexion
think tank			laboratoire d'idées
think that the sun shines out of one's ass (offensive)		vpr	se prendre pour un autre ⇒ Can
think that the sun shines out of one's ass (offensive)		vpr	ne pas se prendre pour rien
think the world of		v	avoir une bonne opinion de
think twice about		vi	y réfléchir à deux fois
think up		v	former ⇒ (créer, faire la pensée)
think well of		v	avoir une bonne opinion de
to think something over		v	réfléchir à qch
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "think".

...But nobody from America comes to my page. I think I will move to Paris.
...is not so dead against....as one might think
'something to think about'
"I feel" describing thoughts versus "I think"when describing feelings
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"I think you have met everyone here except my son xxxxxx"
"Thank you...I think your advice is excellent."
"that's all I can think of at the moment"
"That's something interesting to think about."
"Things are not as you think"
act, think, feel
all I could think about was my mother
Although I think that everyone has a right to
And I think I need a Learjet
and to think...
anything you can think of
Are French women nowadays as free and integrated as we think
Are there any examples that you can think of...
as he would like to think
As I gaze upon your beauty, I think to myself, "never have I seen an angel fly so low
at least, I think so.
Balzac forces us to think of this question in the context of his character Chabert
because I think it will be fun
because it suddenly makes me think of you
Better for people to think you're a
Better not to think about it.
bigger than most of us think
But do you think...
but I didn't think it was true
but I don't think it is love
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