People and feelings
Words for Thinking
Twelve verbs for what goes on inside your head.
- Teens and up
- Medium · B1
- 12 words
The words
Every word in this set, with what it means. Tap a word to hear it.
- know
- to have something firmly in your mind
- think
- to use your mind to work something out
- plan
- to decide in advance how something will be done
- focus
- to give your full attention to one thing
- reason
- why something happens
- reflect
- to throw back light or an image
- concentrate
- to give all your attention to one thing
- conclude
- to bring something to an end after thinking it through
- ponder
- to think about something carefully
- speculate
- to guess about something without being sure
- contemplate
- to think about something long and carefully
- meditate
- to sit quietly and think deeply