thinking

thinking
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noun
1 using your mind to think
ADJECTIVE
deep, hard, serious

This topic requires a lot of deep thinking.

good

Yes, I'll email her instead—that's good thinking (= a good idea).

clear, logical, rational
muddled (esp. BrE)
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.

… OF THINKING
piece (esp. BrE)

a brilliant piece of lateral thinking

VERB + THINKING
do

We have some hard thinking to do before we agree to the plan.

apply, use

The book shows you how to apply critical thinking to your studies.

encourage, promote, stimulate

She believes in encouraging creative thinking in the classroom.

We hope that her book will stimulate thinking about this subject.

PREPOSITION
thinking behind

It was difficult to see what the thinking was behind their eventual decision.

2 opinion
ADJECTIVE
contemporary, current, modern
fresh, new
conventional, old, traditional
divergent
government (esp. BrE)

The latest announcement marks a major shift in government thinking.

Labour, Republican, etc.
economic, historical, political, scientific, etc.

Traditional educational thinking placed importance on learning by rote.

feminist, socialist, etc.
military, strategic
VERB + THINKING
develop, influence, 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.

PREPOSITION
in … thinking

contemporary trends in feminist thinking

thinking about, thinking on

What is the current party thinking on welfare benefits?

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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adj.
Thinking is used with these nouns: ↑mind

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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