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thinking
verbs
do some thinking
• I’ve had a chance to do some thinking.
adjectives
quick thinking
• He was only saved by the quick thinking of two doctors.
hard thinking
• Over the next two days a lot of hard thinking went into the campaign.
serious thinking
• Your mother and I have been doing some serious thinking.
clear/logical thinking
• Above 24,000 feet, the lack of oxygen makes clear thinking almost impossible.
creative thinking
(= when you use your imagination to produce new ideas or things )
• Her solution to the problem was an example of good creative thinking.
good thinking
(= used to say that an idea is good )
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noun 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. 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.
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