{
    "term": "thinking",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the process of thinking about something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I had to do some quick thinking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She believes in encouraging **creative thinking** in the classroom."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had some serious thinking to do."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With good, clear thinking one can arrive at an answer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The school would have made better use of the money with a little forward thinking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This topic requires a lot of deep thinking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have some hard thinking to do before we agree to the plan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We hope that her book will stimulate thinking about this subject."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We aim to develop the processes of scientific thinking in children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Yes, I'll email her instead—that's good thinking (= a good idea)."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deep", "hard", "serious"],
                "… of thinking": ["piece"],
                "verb + thinking": ["do", "apply", "use"],
                "preposition": ["thinking  behind"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "ideas or opinions about something",
            "sensetop": "the thinking behind something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What is the current thinking on this question?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I disagree with that kind of thinking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She explained the thinking behind the campaign.",
                    "contextForm": "the thinking behind something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His writings on motorized warfare dominated strategic thinking in the 1930s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The latest announcement marks a major shift in government thinking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are unlikely to have changed their thinking so soon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Traditional educational thinking placed importance on learning by rote."
                },
                {
                    "text": "contemporary trends in feminist thinking"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new thinking in foreign policy led to a more open attitude towards the West."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This concept goes against much traditional thinking about language."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["contemporary", "current", "modern"],
                "verb + thinking": ["develop", "influence", "shape"],
                "preposition": ["in…thinking", "thinking  about", "thinking  on"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a shift in somebody’s thinking",
                    "to somebody’s way of thinking"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in my opinion",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "th/thinking/thinking__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "th/thinking/thinking__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}