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thought

¹

[ thawt ]

/ θɔt /

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noun

the product of mental activity; that which one thinks: a body of thought.

a single act or product of thinking; idea or notion: to collect one's thoughts.

the act or process of thinking; mental activity: Thought as well as action wearies us.

the capacity or faculty of thinking, reasoning, imagining, etc.: All her thought went into her work.

a consideration or reflection: Thought of death terrified her.

meditation, contemplation, or recollection: deep in thought.

intention, design, or purpose, especially a half-formed or imperfect intention: We had some thought of going.

anticipation or expectation: I had no thought of seeing you here.

consideration, attention, care, or regard: She took no thought of her appearance.

a judgment, opinion, or belief: According to his thought, all violence is evil.

the intellectual activity or the ideas, opinions, etc., characteristic of a particular place, class, or time: Greek thought.

a very small amount; a touch; bit; trifle: The steak is a thought underdone.

SYNONYMS FOR thought

3 reflection, cogitation.

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Origin of thought

¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English thoght, Old English (ge)thōht; cognate with Dutch gedachte; akin to thank, think¹

synonym study for thought

2. See idea.

Words nearby thought

Thotmes I, Thotmes II, Thotmes III, thou, though, thought, thought disorder, thought experiment, thoughtful, thought leader, thoughtless

Definition for thought (2 of 2)

thought²

[ thawt ]

/ θɔt /

verb

simple past tense and past participle of think¹.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

Example sentences from the Web for thought

Beyond spaces for each day of the week, this model also includes extra lines for jotting down random thoughts or ideas and to-do lists, and you can feel accomplished by tearing and tossing each week’s sheet.
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DeLeon offers several thoughts on solutions to these long-standing issues in her write up on the data on the Moz blog that I highly recommend reading.
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Making decisions is a part of every job, but something we often do without much thought.
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In America, somebody referred to me very recently as a model minority, and I literally scoffed at the thought.
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Other times, I’d be hiking for hours in the dark and I’d be really in my own head and kind of exploring all these thoughts without really having to wrap them up any time soon.
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In other words, the free thinker defending freedom of thought.
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Rates are thought to be similar in developed countries around the world.
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Because they stopped and I thought, “OK, that makes sense,” and then all of a sudden I saw another issue!
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I enjoyed it, but thought it paled in comparison to their debut.
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I thought about the mother, her fear of the dark, of the harm she feared might come to her daughters.
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That was his philosophy, I thought, and I sympathized with it.
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For a long time cats were dreaded by the people because they thought human beings had been changed to that form by evil means.
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Was there a third accomplice—for she thought she could see two spots of deeper blackness by the door—hidden in the house?
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He thought her very lovely, and there was a subtle suggestion of something besides loveliness.
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I don't know how long I waited—perhaps another hour—when I thought I would try again.
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British Dictionary definitions for thought

thought

/ (θɔːt) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of think

noun

the act or process of thinking; deliberation, meditation, or reflection

a concept, opinion, or idea

philosophical or intellectual ideas typical of a particular time or placeGerman thought in the 19th century

application of mental attention; considerationhe gave the matter some thought

purpose or intentionI have no thought of giving up

expectationno thought of reward

a small amount; trifleyou could be a thought more enthusiastic

kindness or regardhe has no thought for his widowed mother

Word Origin for thought

Old English thōht; related to Old Frisian thochta, Old Saxon, Old High German githācht

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for thought

thought

[ thôt ]

n.

The act or the process of thinking; cogitation.

A product of thinking, such as an idea.

The faculty of thinking or reasoning.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Idioms and Phrases with thought

thought

see food for thought; lost in thought; on second thought; penny for your thoughts; perish the thought; train of thought. Also see under think.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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