Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

think out

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.90 in modern English

Syllables: think out
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To devise or solve by a process of thought.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I wanted to try and think out how it was that rational or even half-rational men could ever have learned to wear armor, considering its inconveniences; and how they had managed to keep up such a fashion for generations when it was plain that what I had suffered to-day they had had to suffer all the days of their lives."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

thinks out (present, singular) thinking out (participle, present) thought out (participle, past) thought out (past)

Synonyms

decipher puzzle out reason out absolve get to the bottom of iron out meliorate ravel resolve riddle sleuth solve

Questions

What does think out mean?: To devise or solve by a process of thought.

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