think of

think of (third-person singular simple present thinks of, present participle thinking of, simple past and past participle thought of)

1. To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.

   I only had ten minutes to think of a solution.

   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.

2. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see think,‎ of. (to think on the subject of)

   I spent ten minutes thinking of Karen and the times we shared.