THINK (SOMETHING) UP

Meaning of THINK (SOMETHING) UP in English

think something ↔ up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ think )

to produce a new idea, name etc by thinking:

She was trying to think up an excuse.

Did you think that up yourself?

Who thinks up names for new products?

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

THINK SOMETHING UP — informal invent or devise something. → think
Concise Oxford English vocab
THINK SOMETHING UP — DEVISE, dream up, come up with, invent, create, concoct, make up; hit on. 2192; headword
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THINK — I. intransitive verb ( thought ; thought ; thinking ; thinks ) Etymology: Middle English thinken (past thoughte ), from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THINK — think 1 /thingk/ , v. , thought, thinking , adj. , n. v.i. 1. to have a conscious mind, to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THINK — I. ˈthiŋk verb ( thought ˈthȯt ; think·ing ) Etymology: Middle English thenken, from Old English thencan; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
THINK — add. ·noun act of thinking; a thought. 2. think ·vt to presume; to venture. 3. think ·vt to conceive; to …
Webster English vocab
THINK — [think] vb thought ; think.ing [ME thenken, fr. OE thencan; akin to OHG denken to think, L tongere to know--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THINK — think BrE AmE θɪŋk ▷ thinking ˈθɪŋk ɪŋ ▷ thinks θɪŋ k s ▷ thought θɔːt θɑːt ▶ ˈ think …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THINK — / θɪŋk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( thought , thought / θɔːt; NAmE /) HAVE OPINION / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — / ˈsʌmθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun , adverb ■ pronoun 1. a thing that is not known or mentioned by name …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THINK — I. think 1 S1 W1 /θɪŋk/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle thought /θɔːt $ θɒːt/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMETHING
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THINK — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. thought) 1 tr. (foll. by that + clause) be of the opinion …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THINK — v. & n. v. (past and past part. thought) 1 tr. (foll. by that + clause) be of the opinion …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THINK — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. thought) 1. tr. (foll. by that + clause) be of the opinion …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THINK — ( thinks, thinking, thought) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use something to refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THINK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a positive thought ▪ Think positive thoughts. abstract thought (= thinking about ideas ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMETHING — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ... or anything/something spoken (= or something of the same kind ) ▪ Would you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THINK — (CONSIDER) [verb] [past:] thought - to believe, consider, have as an opinion or ideaI think (that) I've met you before. …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMETHING — [pronoun] - an object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known or statedThere's something sharp in my shoe.Something …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THINK — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hard ( esp. BrE ), long ▪ I've had a long, hard ~ about it. VERB …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
THINK — See ↑ EXPECT 1, ↑ REMEMBER 2, ↑ THINK 1,7,8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ don't think • ↑ don't think much …
Longman Activator English vocab
THINK — n. 25B6; verb I think he's gone home : BELIEVE, be of the opinion, be of the view, be under …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THINK — v. 1 believe, imagine, expect, dream, fantasize, suppose When do you think that you will retire? 2 judge, reckon, consider, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THINK — verb 1 BAD : I was thinking if you would like to have lunch before visiting the museum. GOOD : …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THINK — гл. 1) а) думать, мыслить Syn : cogitate, deliberate, meditate, muse, ponder, reason, reflect, ruminate, speculate б) размышлять, обдумывать (about, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMETHING — 1. мест.; неопред.; как сущ. кое-что, нечто, что-нибудь, что-то; до некоторой степени He is something of an artist. ≈ Он …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THINK — think.ogg 1. θıŋk n разг. 1. размышление to have a long think about smth. - как следует поразмыслить о чём-л. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SOMETHING — something.ogg 1. ʹsʌmθıŋ n 1. какая-л. должность, какое-л. положение ( где-л. ) he is something in the Record Office - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
THINK — 1. θıŋk n разг. 1. размышление to have a long think about smth. - как следует поразмыслить о чём-л. 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SOMETHING — 1. ʹsʌmθıŋ n 1. какая-л. должность, какое-л. положение ( где-л. ) he is something in the Record Office - он …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
UP
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
THINK — 1. гл. ; прош. вр. , прич. прош. вр. - thought 1) а) думать, мыслить Syn: cogitate , deliberate , …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
UP
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
THINK — 1. гл.; прош. вр., прич. прош. вр. - thought 1) а) думать, мыслить Syn: cogitate, deliberate, meditate, muse, ponder, reason, reflect, ruminate, speculate б) размышлять, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
UP — 1. _adv. 1> указывает на нахождение наверху или на более высокое положение; наверху; выше; high up in the air - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
THINK — _v. 1> думать, обдумывать; (about, of - о ком-л., чем-л.); мыслить 2> придумывать, находить (of); I cannot think of the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
UP — 1. adv. 1. указывает на нахождение наверху или на более высокое положение; наверху; выше; high up in the air - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
THINK — v. 1. думать, обдумывать; (about, of - о ком-л., чем-л.); мыслить 2. придумывать, находить (of); I cannot think of the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
THINK — _v. (thought) 1> думать, обдумывать (about, of think о ком-л., чём-л.); мыслить 2> придумывать, находить (of); I cannot think of …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
THINK — think n infml They both had the same think Им обоим пришла в голову одна и та же мысль Let …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THINK — гл. 1) а) думать, мыслить Syn : cogitate, deliberate, meditate, muse, ponder, reason, reflect, ruminate, speculate б) размышлять, обдумывать (about, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMETHING — 1. мест.; неопред.; как сущ. кое-что, нечто, что-нибудь, что-то; до некоторой степени He is something of an artist. ≈ Он …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SET — I. set 1 S1 W1 /set/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle set , present participle setting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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