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IL SIGNIFICATO DI PENSARE
Bisogna vivere con semplicità e pensare con grandezza. (W. Wordsworth)
pensare
v intr pensare (Note: aus. avere)
1 formulare idee, concetti e sim. nella mente
La facoltà di pensare è prerogativa dell'uomo.
2 riflettere meditare considerare attentamente
Prima di decidere voglio pensarci.
3 ricordare rievocare rivolgere il pensiero a una cosa / persona o richiamarla alla mente
Penso spesso ai miei genitori lontani.
Penso ai bei momenti trascorsi insieme.
4 immaginare fantasticare figurarsi qlco con la fantasia
Pensa come sarebbe bello un mondo senza guerre!
5 badare provvedere occuparsi di qlco / qlcu
pensare al mantenimento della famiglia
Ci penso io a risolvere la situazione.
6 giudicare avere un'opinione o un giudizio
La penso diversamente da voi.
Che ne pensi della sua nuova fidanzata?
7 progettare fare un piano
Pensiamo ad organizzare la vacanza.
dar da pensare
dare una preoccupazione
pensare ai fatti propri
non impicciarsi delle faccende altrui
Pensa ai fatti tuoi!
pensare con la propria testa
non farsi condizionare dalle idee altrui
v tr pensare
1 prefigurarsi immaginare qlco nella mente
Pensa che sorpresa!
2 escogitare macchinare architettare ideare per mezzo del ragionamento
Chi mai poteva pensare una simile scusa?
3 credere giudicare ritenere avere una certa idea su qlco / qlcu
Penso che abbia ragione lei.
4 progettare avere in programma o decidere qlco
Che cosa pensi di fare domani?
Ho pensato di rifiutare.
5 meditare considerare in modo accurato
pensare attentamente le parole da scrivere
6 ricordare ripensare richiamare alla mente
Pensa tutto quello che abbiamo fatto per te.
TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH
pensare [penˈsare]
1. vi (aus avere)
a. → to think
pensare a → to think of (amico, vacanze) → to think of o about (problema) → to think about
a chi stai pensando? → who are you thinking about?
pensava al tempo passato → he was remembering days gone by
vorrei pensarci su → I would like to think it over o give it some thought
penso di sì → I think so
penso di no → I don't think so
a pensarci bene... → on second thoughts (Brit) o thought (Am) ...
pensare con la propria testa → to think for o.s.
pensa a come sarebbe bello → think how lovely it would be
prima di parlare pensa → think before you speak
se solo ci avessi pensato → if only I had thought about it
non voglio nemmeno pensarci → I don't even want to think about it
ciò mi dà da pensare → that gives me something to think about
pensare bene/male di qn → to think well/badly of sb, have a good/bad opinion of sb
ma pensa un po'! → just think of that!
b. (provvedere) pensare a qc → to see to sth, take care of sth
ci penso io → I'll see to o take care of it
ha altro a cui pensare ora → he's got other o more important things to think about now
pensa ai fatti tuoi! → mind your own business!
2. vt
a. (gen) → to think
che stai pensando? → what are you thinking?
cosa ne pensi? → what do you think of it?, how do you feel about it?
penso che sia colpa sua → I think it is his fault o that he is to blame
ciò mi fa pensare che... → that makes me think that ...
il suo comportamento farebbe pensare che... → his behaviour would lead you to suppose that ..., his behaviour would make you think that ...
non avrei mai pensato finisse così → I would never have believed it would end like this
ti pensavo più furbo → I thought you were smarter than that
chi l'avrebbe mai pensato? → who would have thought it?
e pensare che... → and to think that ...
b. (prendere in considerazione) → to realize
devi pensare che ha appena iniziato → you must realize o remember that he's only just started
non pensa che quello che fa può danneggiare gli altri → he doesn't realize that what he does may harm others
c. (avere intenzione) pensare di fare qc → to think of doing sth
pensavo di invitare anche lui → I was thinking of inviting him too
penso di partire in serata → I'm thinking of leaving in the course of the evening
d. (inventare, escogitare) → to think out
ne pensa sempre una nuova → he's always got something new up his sleeve
l'ha pensata bella → he had a bright idea
una ne fa e cento ne pensa → he's always up to something
from http://it.thefreedictionary.com/pensare
LABOR
Middle English, from Old French labour, from Latin labor.
c.1300, "a task, a project;" later "exertion of the body; trouble, difficulty, hardship" (late 14c.), from O.Fr. labor "labor, toil, work, exertion, task" (12c., Mod.Fr. labeur), from L. laborem (nom. labor) "labor, toil, exertion; hardship, pain, fatigue; a work, a product of labor," of uncertain origin, perhaps originally from the notion of "tottering under a burden," and related to labere "to totter." Meaning "body of laborers considered as a class" (usually contrasted to capitalists) is from 1839. Sense of "physical exertions of childbirth" is 1590s, earlier labour of birthe (early 15c.), a sense also found in Old French, and cf. French en travail "in (childbirth) suffering" (see travail). Labor Day first marked 1882 in New York City.
late 14c., "perform manual or physical work; work hard; keep busy; take pains, strive, endeavor" (also "copulate"), from O.Fr. laborer "work, toil; struggle, have difficulty," from L. laborare, from labor (see labor (n.)). The verb in modern French, Spanish, Portuguese means "to plow;" the wider sense being taken by the equivalent of English travail. Sense of "to endure pain, suffer" is early 15c., especially in phrase labor of child.
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n. 1.
a. Physical or mental exertion, especially when difficult or exhausting; work. See Synonyms at work.
b. Something produced by work.
2. A specific task.
3. A particular form of work or method of working: manual labor.
4. Work for wages.
5.
a. Workers considered as a group.
b. The trade union movement, especially its officials.
6. Labor A political party representing workers' interests, especially in Great Britain.
7. The process by which childbirth occurs, beginning with contractions of the uterus and ending with the expulsion of the fetus or infant and the placenta.
v. la·bored, la·bor·ing, la·bors
v.intr.
1. To work; toil: labored in the fields.
2. To strive painstakingly: labored over the needlepoint.
3.
a. To proceed with great effort; plod: labored up the hill.
b. Nautical To pitch and roll.
4. To suffer from distress or a disadvantage: labored under the misconception that others were cooperating.
5. To undergo the efforts of childbirth.
v.tr.
1. To deal with in exhaustive or excessive detail; belabor: labor a point in the argument.
2. To distress; burden: I will not labor you with trivial matters.
adj.
1. Of or relating to labor.
2. Labor Of or relating to a Labor Party.
SCHIZOPHRENIA
Pronunciation: SKITZ-oh-FREE-nee-uh, SKITZ-oh-FREN-ee-uh
1912, from Mod.L., lit. "a splitting of the mind," from Ger. Schizophrenie, coined in 1910 by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939), from Gk. skhizein "to split" (see shed (v.)) + phren (gen. phrenos) "diaphragm, heart, mind," of unknown origin. Slang shortening schizo first attested 1920s as an adj., 1945 as a noun.
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Definition:
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, incoherence and physical agitation; it is classified as a "thought" disorder while Bipolar Disorder is a "mood" disorder.
It is estimated that 1 percent of the world's population has schizophrenia. While there is evidence that genetic factors have a role in developing schizophrenia, other unknown causes play a significant part as well.
Schizophrenia is one of the psychotic disorders recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Psychotic disorders involve major impairments in reality, including symptoms such as hallucinations (i.e., perceiving things that are not there) and delusions (i.e., holding strong beliefs that are not based in reality).
To be diagnosed with schizophrenia, a person must meet the following criteria:
• Two (or more) of the following, each present for a significant portion of the time during a 1-month period: (1) delusions, (2) hallucinations, (3) disorganized speech, (4) grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, (5) symptoms such as flat affect (i.e. showing no emotion), or inability to engage in goal-directed behavior
• Social/occupational dysfunction: one or more major areas of functioning (e.g., work, relationships, self-care) are markedly lower than before the symptoms began.
• Duration: Continuous signs of the disturbance for at least 6 months, including at least 1 month of active symptoms.
• Symptoms are not due to another disorder (e.g., major depressive disorder, autism), and are not due to substance use or a medical condition.
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. American Psychiatric Association Press: Washington DC, 2000.