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cogitate – consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one’s mind
meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, chew over, think over, excogitate, reflect, ruminate, speculate, contemplate – reflect deeply on a subject; “I mulled over the events of the afternoon”; “philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years”; “The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate”
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cogitate – use or exercise the mind or one’s power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; “I’ve been thinking all day and getting nowhere”
rationalise, rationalize – think rationally; employ logic or reason; “When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize”
think – have or formulate in the mind; “think good thoughts”
brainstorm – try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it
meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, chew over, think over, excogitate, reflect, ruminate, speculate, contemplate – reflect deeply on a subject; “I mulled over the events of the afternoon”; “philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years”; “The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate”
reason – think logically; “The children must learn to reason”
conclude, reason, reason out – decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; “We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house”
pass judgment, evaluate, judge – form a critical opinion of; “I cannot judge some works of modern art”; “How do you evaluate this grant proposal?” “We shouldn’t pass judgment on other people”
plan – make plans for something; “He is planning a trip with his family”
devote, pay, give – dedicate; “give thought to”; “give priority to”; “pay attention to”
think about – have on one’s mind, think about actively; “I’m thinking about my friends abroad”; “She always thinks about her children first”
think – ponder; reflect on, or reason about; “Think the matter through”; “Think how hard life in Russia must be these days”
think – decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting; “Can you think what to do next?”
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