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thought

[thawt]

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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.

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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.

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.

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

Synonyms
2. See idea. 3. reflection, cogitation.

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of think.

verb (used without object)

to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.

to employ one's mind rationally and objectively in evaluating or dealing with a given situation: Think carefully before you begin.

to have a certain thing as the subject of one's thoughts: I was thinking about you. We could think of nothing else.

to call something to one's conscious mind: I couldn't think of his phone number.

to consider something as a possible action, choice, etc.: She thought about cutting her hair.

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to invent or conceive of something: We thought of a new plan.

to have consideration or regard for someone: Think of others first.

to esteem a person or thing as indicated: to think badly of someone.

to have a belief or opinion as indicated: I think so.

10.

(of a device or machine, especially a computer) to use artificial intelligence to perform an activity analogous to human thought.

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verb (used with object)

11.

to have or form in the mind as an idea, conception, etc.

12.

to have or form in the mind in order to understand, know, or remember something else: Romantic comedy is all about chemistry: think Tracy and Hepburn. Can't guess? Here's a hint: think 19th century.

13.

to consider for evaluation or for possible action upon: Think the deal over.

14.

to regard as specified: He thought me unkind.

15.

to believe to be true of someone or something: to think evil of the neighbors.

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to analyze or evolve rationally: to think the problem out.

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to have as a plan or intention: I thought that I would go.

18.

to anticipate or expect: I did not think to find you here.

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adjective

19.

of or pertaining to thinking or thought.

20.

Informal. stimulating or challenging to the intellect or mind: the think book of the year. Compare think piece.

noun

21.

Informal. the act or a period of thinking: I want to sit down and give it a good think.

Verb phrases

22.

think of,

to conceive of; imagine.

to have an opinion or judgment of.

to consider; anticipate: When one thinks of what the future may bring, one is both worried and hopeful.

23.

think out/through,

to think about until a conclusion is reached; understand or solve by thinking.

to devise by thinking; contrive: He thought out a plan for saving time.

24.

think up, to devise or contrive by thinking: Can you think up an arrangement of furniture for this room?

Idioms

25.

think better of, to change one's mind about; reconsider: She considered emigrating to Australia, but thought better of it.

26.

think fit, to consider advisable or appropriate: By all means, take a vacation if you think fit.

27.

think nothing of. nothing (def. 19).

28.

think twice, to weigh carefully before acting; consider: I would think twice before taking on such a responsibility.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English thinken, variant of thenken, Old English thencan; cognate with Dutch, German denken, Old Norse thekkja, Gothic thagkjan; akin to thank

verb (used without object), thought, think·ing. Obsolete.

to seem or appear (usually used impersonally with a dative as the subject).

Compare methinks.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English thinken, Old English thyncan; cognate with Dutch dunken, German dünken, Old Norse thykkja, Gothic thugkjan

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World English Dictionary

thought (θɔːt)

—vb
1.	the past tense and past participle of think

—n
2.	the act or process of thinking; deliberation, meditation, or reflection
3.	a concept, opinion, or idea
4.	philosophical or intellectual ideas typical of a particular time or place: German thought in the 19th century
5.	application of mental attention; consideration: he gave the matter some thought
6.	purpose or intention: I have no thought of giving up
7.	expectation: no thought of reward
8.	a small amount; trifle: you could be a thought more enthusiastic
9.	kindness or regard: he has no thought for his widowed mother

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

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Word Origin & History

think

O.E. þencan "conceive in the mind, think, consider, intend" (past tense þohte, p.p. geþoht), probably originally "cause to appear to oneself," from P.Gmc. *thankjan (cf. O.Fris. thinka, O.S. thenkian, O.H.G. denchen, Ger. denken, O.N. þekkja, Goth. þagkjan); O.E. þencan

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is the causative form of the distinct O.E. verb þyncan "to seem or appear" (past tense þuhte, pp. geþuht), from P.Gmc. *thunkjan (cf. Ger. dünken, däuchte). Both are from PIE *tong- "to think, feel" which also is the root of thought and thank. The two meanings converged in M.E. and þyncan "to seem" was absorbed, except for archaic methinks "it seems to me." Jocular pp. thunk (not historical, but by analogy of drink, sink, etc.) is recorded from 1876. Think-tank is 1959 as "research institute" (first ref. is to Center for Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, Calif.); it had been colloquial for "the brain" since 1905.

thought

O.E. þoht, geþoht, from stem of þencan "to conceive of in the mind, consider" (see think). Cognate with the second element in Ger. Gedächtnis "memory," Andacht "attention, devotion," Bedacht "consideration, deliberation." Second thought "later consideration"

is recorded from 1640s. Thought-crime is from "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949); thought police is attested from 1946, originally in ref. to pre-war Japanese Special Higher Police (Tokubetsu Koto Keisatsu).

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Medical Dictionary

think (thĭngk)
v. thought (thôt), think·ing, thinks

To exercise the power of reason, as by conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and using judgment.
To weigh or consider an idea.
To bring a thought to mind by imagination or invention.
To recall a thought or an image to mind.

thought (thôt)
n.