think - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ French Dictionary

Verbs

to think (about so. (or: sth.))  | thought, thought |   - mental effort	penser   - à qn. (or: qc.)   - effort mental
to think (about sth.)  | thought, thought |   - mental effort	réfléchir (à qc.)   - effort mental
to think sth. of so. (or: sth.)  | thought, thought |	penser qc. de qn. (or: qc.)
to think  | thought, thought |   - imagine	imaginer
to think  | thought, thought |   - imagine	s'imaginer
to think  | thought, thought |   - in a laborious and inefficient way	cogiter [erw.] [coll.] [pej.]
to think  | thought, thought |   - mental effort	gamberger [Arg.]   - effort mental
to think about sth.  | thought, thought |	mener des réflexions sur qc.
to think sth. fit	estimer qc. convenable
to think of doing sth.	envisager de faire qc.

Examples

I think so.	Je pense que oui.
I think so.	Je crois.
I think so.	Je le crois.
I think so.	Je pense.
I don't think so.	Je ne crois pas.
Let me think.	Laisse-moi réfléchir.

Adjectives / Adverbs

too lazy to think

paresseux(-euse) d'esprit

Nouns

positive thinking

la pensée positive

Phrases / Collocations

come to think of it	réflexion faite
to think outside the box [fig.]	penser autrement
to think outside the box [fig.]	quitter les sentiers battus [fig.]
to think outside the box [fig.]	sortir des sentiers battus [fig.]
to think negative	être négatif(-ve)
to think positive	être positif(-ve)
to think so. (or: sth.) odd	trouver qn. (or: qc.) bizarre
to think badly of so. (or: sth.)	avoir une mauvaise opinion de qn. (or: qc.)
to think positively	être positif(-ve)   - dans sa manière de penser
to think big [fig.] [coll.]	voir les choses en grand [fig.]
to think big [fig.] [coll.]	voir grand [fig.]
to think twice [fig.]	y réfléchir à deux fois [fig.]
to think one is the cat's whiskers	se prendre pour le nombril du monde
to think ill of so.	penser du mal de qn.

Orthographically similar words

thank, Thank, thick, thin, thing

Tchin

Related search terms

cogitate