thinking meaning
EN
[ˈθɪŋkɪŋ] [-ɪŋkɪŋ] 
US - NounPLthinkingsSUF-ing
- Verb
- present participle of think.
- He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
- present participle of think.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating.
- He was constantly thinking that he knew everything or could imagine everything, and constantly undergoing the shock of undeception; but the shock of the Longchamps Sunday was excessive.
- he official thinking to foreslacke no time, taking counsell with his fellowes, laide hands uppon this Peter, and brought him before the inquisitor. ― Foze.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Thinking fast, we played possum hoping the bear wouldn't bother us.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- He shouldn't be given a promotion, to my way of thinking.
- Left to my own devices, I'll spend hours staring into space, just thinking.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of thinking in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Verb forms
- Participles
- Present participles
- Present participles
- Participles
- Verb forms
- Nouns
- en thinkings
- en thinkingly
- en thinking cap
- en thinking caps
- en thinking much of
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "thinking" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.