thinking

English Online Dictionary. What means thinking‎? What does thinking mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: think‧ing
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English thinking, thynkynge, thenkyng, equivalent to think +‎ -ing.

Noun

thinking (usually uncountable, plural thinkings)

1. Thought; gerund of think.

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Etymology 2

From Middle English thenkinge, þinkynge, þenkynge, þenchinde, from Old English þenċende, from Proto-Germanic *þankijandz, present participle of *þankijaną (“to think”), equivalent to think +‎ -ing. Cognate with Dutch denkend (“thinking”), German denkend (“thinking”), Swedish tänkande (“thinking”).

Verb

thinking

1. present participle and gerund of think

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