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Definition of Think the world of
1. Verb. Esteem very highly. "She thinks the world of her adviser"
Definition of Think the world of
1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To have a very high opinion of; to have a strong attachment to or affection for. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Think The World Of
Literary usage of Think the world of
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of W. E. Henley by William Ernest Henley, Robert Louis Stevenson (1908)
"We know these (to BRODIE), and we think the world of them. ... And you think the
world of me. Bravo! LESLIE. Ay, and I think the world of you. ..."
2. The Works of W. E. Henley by William Ernest Henley, Robert Louis Stevenson (1908)
"We know these (to BRODIE), and we think the world of them. ... And you think the
world of me. Bravo! LESLIE. Ay, and I think the world of you. ..."
3. Three Plays by William Ernest Henley, Robert Louis Stevenson (1892)
"We know these (to BRODIE), and we think the world of them. ... Ay, and I think
the world of you. BRODIE (at back, pointing to LAWSON). Ask him. LAWSON. ..."
4. The Unitarian Review edited by Charles Lowe, Henry Wilder Foote, John Hopkins Morison, Henry H. Barber, James De Normandie, Joseph Henry Allen (1874)
"The mind cannot think the world of science, taken merely as such; and science
cannot formulate the world of mind. The real medium between the internal and ..."
5. The Unitarian Review and Religious Magazine by Charles Lowe, Henry Wilder Foote, John Hopkins Morison, Henry H. Barber, James De Normandie (1874)
"The mind cannot think the world of science, taken merely as such ; and science
cannot formulate the world of mind. The real medium between the internal and ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1841)
"With this feeling we cannot but admit that we do not think the world of art has
gained by the change in his style, inasmuch as in his earlier works he added ..."
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