thinking

== 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) The action or process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something. A thought. ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === 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 present participle and gerund of think === Related terms ===