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thought
1[ thawt ]
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.
Synonyms: cogitation, reflection, deliberation, rumination, meditation
- 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.
thought
2[ thawt ]
verb
- simple past tense and past participle of think 1.
thought
/ θɔːt /
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 place
German thought in the 19th century
- application of mental attention; consideration
he gave the matter some thought
- purpose or intention
I have no thought of giving up
- expectation
no thought of reward
- a small amount; trifle
you could be a thought more enthusiastic
- kindness or regard
he has no thought for his widowed mother
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Origin of thought1
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Idioms and Phrases
see food for thought ; lost in thought ; on second thought ; penny for your thoughts ; perish the thought ; train of thought . Also see under think .Discover More
Example Sentences
In other words, the free thinker defending freedom of thought.
Rates are thought to be similar in developed countries around the world.
Not only had the iconic comedian sexually assaulted many, many women, Maher argued, “I never thought he was funny.”
Because they stopped and I thought, “OK, that makes sense,” and then all of a sudden I saw another issue!
I enjoyed it, but thought it paled in comparison to their debut.
Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.
He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.
To reproduce the impulse born of the thought—this is the aim of a psychological method.
There was no doubt thought of his own loss in this question: yet there was, one may hope, a germ of solicitude for the mother too.
"Better so," was the Senora's sole reply; and she fell again into still deeper, more perplexed thought about the hidden treasure.
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Idioms from 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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