Think something?

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/think

Thanks for the link, Clive,

but I'm afraid I'm at a loss which sense to apply.

Could you give me a better definition and examples?

I'd like you to.

Is this what you mean?

I think that, on balance, it is a good idea.

No.

I took the example from Longman dictionary of contemporary English.

I thought there should be prep

Do you mean something like this?

Can you think of something to do this weekend?

He is always thinking about winning a scholarship.

"If you think something on balance, you think it after considering all the facts."

Like I said, this is taken from the Longman dictionary,

and I thought the underlined parts should be like

'think of /about something', 'think of / about it', but they aren't.

The usage is new to me, so I want to know about it

You can think + a noun,

e Every day I think happy thoughts.

But 'think' as a transitive verb is more commonly used to express an opinion, usually in the form of

think + what some people call a noun clause.

eg Tom thinks that Mary is pretty.

Anonymous"If you think something on balance, you think it after considering all the facts."

Don't worry about it. This usage is so rare, that it sounds completely unnatural to me. That's probably why you didn't find it in the dictionary that Clive linked.

Here is an example of think + object.

You should relax and try to thin