Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.
verb To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
"I should phone my mother," I thought.
verb To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.
verb To conceive of something or someone .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with of; or with on]
I tend to think of her as rather ugly.
verb To be of the opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
I don't think it worth complaining about the leak in the roof, is it?
verb To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.
We should/would have thought she could've washed her hands before, at least.
verb To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).