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adjective

Of, characterized by, or disposed to thought: cogitative, contemplative, deliberative, excogitative, meditative, pensive, reflective, ruminative, speculative, thoughtful. Idioms: in a brown study. See thoughts.

Definition: intelligent
Antonyms: irrational, stupid

It is common to suppose that people are characterized by their rationality, and the most evident display of our rationality is our capacity to think. This is the rehearsal in the mind of what to say, or what to do. Not all thinking is verbal, since chess players, composers, and painters all think, and there is no a priori reason that their deliberations should take any more verbal a form than their actions. It is permanently tempting to conceive of this activity in terms of the presence in the mind of elements of some language, or other medium that represent aspects of the world (see language of thought hypothesis, ideas). But the model has been attacked, notably by Wittgenstein, as insufficient, since no such presence could carry a guarantee that the right use would be made of it. And such an inner presence seems unnecessary, since an intelligent outcome might arise in principle without it. See also animal thought.

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1. the cognitive process of forming mental images or concepts. 2. the process of cognitive problem solving through the sorting, organizing, and classification of facts and relationships.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tænkende
n. - tanker, mening

idioms:

• get your thinking cap on    læg hovedet i blød
• put your thinking cap on    læg hovedet i blød

Nederlands (Dutch)
het (na)denken, denkwijze, denkwerk, verstandig

Français (French)
adj. - réfléchi, intellectuel
n. - réflexion, pensée, travail intellectuel, opinion

idioms:

• get your thinking cap on    cogiter (sout ou hum)
• put your thinking cap on    cogiter (sout ou hum)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Auffassung, Denken, Kopfarbeit
adj. - vernünftig, rational

idioms:

• get your thinking cap on    scharf nachdenken
• put your thinking cap on    scharf nachdenken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σκέψη, συλλογιστική

idioms:

• get your thinking cap on    παίρνεις το βαθυστόχαστο ύφος σου
• put your thinking cap on    κάτσε να σκεφτείς

Italiano (Italian)
lavoro intellettuale

idioms:

• thinking cap    pensarci sul serio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pensamento (m)

idioms:

• thinking cap    refletir, meditar profundamente

Русский (Russian)
размышление

idioms:

• thinking cap    задуматься

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pensante, que piensa, de pensar
n. - pensamientos, modo de ver, opinión, parecer, meditación, reflexión

idioms:

• get your thinking cap on    usar la materia gris, reflexionar
• put your thinking cap on    usar la materia gris, reflexionar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tänkande, tänkesätt, åsikt, uppfattning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
思考的, 有理性的, 思考, 思想

idioms:

• get your thinking cap on    好好地思考, 用脑筋想, 认真地想
• put your thinking cap on    好好地思考, 动脑筋想, 认真地想

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 思考的, 有理性的
n. - 思考, 思想

idioms:

• get your thinking cap on    好好地思考, 用腦筋想, 認真地想
• put your thinking cap on    好好地思考, 動腦筋想, 認真地想

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 생각하는, 사고력 있는 , 사상이 있는
n. - 생각함, 궁리, 의견

idioms:

• get your thinking cap on    숙고하다
• put your thinking cap on    곰곰 생각하다, 숙고하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 考える, 思考力のある, 理性のある
n. - 考えること, 思考, 思索, 意見

idioms:

• put/get your thinking cap on    とくと考える
• thinking cap    思案

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تفكير, فكرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חושב, הוגה‬
n. - ‮חשיבה, מחשבה, דעה‬

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