,| 1. | the product of mental activity; that which one thinks: a body of thought. |
| 2. | a single act or product of thinking; idea or notion: to collect one's thoughts. |
| 3. | the act or process of thinking; mental activity: Thought as well as action wearies us. |
| 4. | the capacity or faculty of thinking, reasoning, imagining, etc.: All her thought went into her work. |
| 5. | a consideration or reflection: Thought of death terrified her. |
| 6. | meditation, contemplation, or recollection: deep in thought. |
| 7. | intention, design, or purpose, esp. a half-formed or imperfect intention: We had some thought of going. |
| 8. | anticipation or expectation: I had no thought of seeing you here. |
| 9. | consideration, attention, care, or regard: She took no thought of her appearance. |
| 10. | a judgment, opinion, or belief: According to his thought, all violence is evil. |
| 11. | the intellectual activity or the ideas, opinions, etc., characteristic of a particular place, class, or time: Greek thought. |
| 12. | a very small amount; a touch; bit; trifle: The steak is a thought underdone. |
thought (thôt) v. Past tense and past participle of think. n.
[Middle English, from Old English gethōht, thōht; see tong- in Indo-European roots.] |
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.