Thinking

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ

Full definition of thinking

Noun

1. Gerund of think.
• 2013-08-03, The machine of a new soul, But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.
2. What is your thinking on this subject?

Derived terms

Verb

1. Present participle of think
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 5, He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, …, the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
2. I'm thinking about inventing a new perpetual-motion machine.