Hold and Think

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Hold verb - To have as an opinion.

Usage example: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal”

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Think is a synonym for hold in opinion topic. In some cases you can use "Think" instead a verb "Hold", when it comes to topics like believe, regard, mental condition, state.

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Think verb - To have as an opinion.

Usage example: I think we should wait for someone to come help us out

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Hold is a synonym for think in opinion topic. You can use "Hold" instead a verb "Think", if it concerns topics such as regard, mental condition, state, estimate.

Nearby Word: thinking

old	old hold	old think
good	good hold	good think
best	best hold	best think
long	long hold	long think
Other adjectives: typical, short, original, many, dead, single, actual, entire, massive, big, little, interesting, sweeping, former, last, biggest.

people	hold people	think people
kind	hold kind	think kind
place	hold place	think place
line	hold line	think line
Other words: time, way, world, nothing, times.

Critics and some of the readers hold it as one of his weakest, and think of his earlier stories in higher regard.

Source: Magnum Opus Dissonance
Does he think he needs to hold the gun very, very still to prevent it uncocking itself, or does he believe that the gun knows when he changes his mind?

Source: Reckless Gun Usage
Her father Katsuya loved her like heck and one would think that a sweet girl like Tohru would hold her deceased father in very high regard.

Source: Daddy's Girl

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