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thought

1  [thawt] ,
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–noun
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.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME thoght, OE (ge)thōht; c. D gedachte; akin to thank, think 1

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

thought

2  [thawt] ,
–verb
pt. and pp. of think.

think

1  [thingk] verb, thought, think⋅ing, adjective, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
2. to employ one's mind rationally and objectively in evaluating or dealing with a given situation: Think carefully before you begin.
3. to have a certain thing as the subject of one's thoughts: I was thinking about you. We could think of nothing else.
4. to call something to one's conscious mind: I couldn't think of his phone number.
5. to consider something as a possible action, choice, etc.: She thought about cutting her hair.
6. to invent or conceive of something: We thought of a new plan.
7. to have consideration or regard for someone: Think of others first.
8. to esteem a person or thing as indicated: to think badly of someone.
9. to have a belief or opinion as indicated: I think so.
10. (of a device or machine, esp. a computer) to use artificial intelligence to perform an activity analogous to human thought.
–verb (used with object)
11. to have or form in the mind as an idea, conception, etc.
12. to consider for evaluation or for possible action upon: Think the deal over.
13. to regard as specified: He thought me unkind.
14. to believe to be true of someone or something: to think evil of the neighbors.
15. to analyze or evolve rationally: to think the problem out.
16. to have as a plan or intention: I thought that I would go.
17. to anticipate or expect: I did not think to find you here.
–adjective
18. of or pertaining to thinking or thought.
19. Informal. stimulating or challenging to the intellect or mind: the think book of the year. Compare think piece.
–noun
20. Informal. the act or a period of thinking: I want to sit down and give it a good think.
—Verb phrases
21. think of,
a. to conceive of; imagine.
b. to have an opinion or judgment of.
c. to consider; anticipate: When one thinks of what the future may bring, one is both worried and hopeful.
22. think out or through,
a. to think about until a conclusion is reached; understand or solve by thinking.
b. to devise by thinking; contrive: He thought out a plan for saving time.
23. think up, to devise or contrive by thinking: Can you think up an arrangement of furniture for this room?
—Idioms
24. think better of, to change one's mind about; reconsider: She considered emigrating to Australia, but thought better of it.
25. think fit, to consider advisable or appropriate: By all means, take a vacation if you think fit.
26. think nothing of. nothing (def. 19).
27. think twice, to weigh carefully before acting; consider: I would think twice before taking on such a responsibility.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME thinken, var. of thenken, OE thencan; c. D, G denken, ON thekkja, Goth thagkjan; akin to thank

think

2  [thingk] ,
–verb (used without object), thought, think⋅ing. Obsolete.
to seem or appear (usually used impersonally with a dative as the subject).
Compare methinks.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME thinken, OE thyncan; c. D dunken, G dünken, ON thykkja, Goth thugkjan
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think   (thĭngk)   
v.   thought (thôt), think·ing, thinks

v.   tr.
  1. To have or formulate in the mind.
    1. To reason about or reflect on; ponder: Think how complex language is. Think the matter through.
    2. To decide by reasoning, reflection, or pondering: thinking what to do.
    3. To expect; hope: They thought she'd arrive early.
    4. To intend: They thought they'd take their time.
  3. To judge or regard; look upon: I think it only fair.
  4. To believe; suppose: always thought he was right.
    1. To expect; hope: They thought she'd arrive early.
    2. To intend: They thought they'd take their time.
  6. To call to mind; remember: I can't think what her name was.
  7. To visualize; imagine: Think what a scene it will be at the reunion.
  8. To devise or evolve; invent: thought up a plan to get rich quick.
  9. To bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation: He thought himself into a panic over the impending examination.
  10. To concentrate one's thoughts on: "Think languor" (Diana Vreeland).
v.   intr.
  1. To exercise the power of reason, as by conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and using judgment.
  2. To weigh or consider an idea: They are thinking about moving.
    1. To bring a thought to mind by imagination or invention: No one before had thought of bifocal glasses.
    2. To recall a thought or an image to mind: She thought of her childhood when she saw the movie.
  4. To believe; suppose: He thinks of himself as a wit. It's later than you think.
  5. To have care or consideration: Think first of the ones you love.
  6. To dispose the mind in a given way: Do you think so?
adj.   Informal
Requiring much thought to create or assimilate: a think book.
n.  The act or an instance of deliberate or extended thinking; a meditation.

[Middle English thenken, from Old English thencan; see tong- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to use the powers of the mind, as in conceiving ideas or drawing inferences: thought before answering; sat in front of the fire cerebrating; cogitates about business problems; reasons clearly; took time to reflect before deciding; speculates on what will happen.
thought   (thôt)   
v.  Past tense and past participle of think.
n.  
  1. The act or process of thinking; cogitation.
  2. A product of thinking. See Synonyms at idea.
  3. The faculty of thinking or reasoning.
  4. The intellectual activity or production of a particular time or group: ancient Greek thought; deconstructionist thought.
  5. Consideration; attention: didn't give much thought to what she said.
    1. Intention; purpose: There was no thought of coming home early.
    2. Expectation or conception: She had no thought that anything was wrong.

[Middle English, from Old English gethōht, thōht; see tong- in Indo-European roots.]
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Thought

Thought\, imp. & p. p. of Think.

Thought

Thought\, n. [OE. [thorn]oght, [thorn]ouht, AS. [thorn][=o]ht, ge[thorn][=o]ht, fr. [thorn]encean to think; akin to D. gedachte thought, MHG. d[=a]ht, ged[=a]ht, Icel. [thorn][=o]ttr, [thorn][=o]tti. See Think.]

1. The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.

Thought can not be superadded to matter, so as in any sense to render it true that matter can become cogitative. --Dr. T. Dwight.

2. Meditation; serious consideration.

Pride, of all others the most dangerous fault, Proceeds from want of sense or want of thought. --Roscommon.

3. That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception, whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or intention.

Thus Bethel spoke, who always speaks his thought. --Pope.

Why do you keep alone, . . . Using those thoughts which should indeed have died With them they think on? --Shak.

Thoughts come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to choose or to reject. --Dryden.

All their thoughts are against me for evil. --Ps. lvi. 5.

4. Solicitude; anxious care; concern.

Hawis was put in trouble, and died with thought and anguish before his business came to an end. --Bacon.

Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink. --Matt. vi. 25.

5. A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better. [Colloq.]

If the hair were a thought browner. --Shak.

Note: Thought, in philosophical usage now somewhat current, denotes the capacity for, or the exercise of, the very highest intellectual functions, especially those usually comprehended under judgment.

This [faculty], to which I gave the name of the "elaborative faculty," -- the faculty of relations or comparison, -- constitutes what is properly denominated thought. --Sir W. Hamilton.

Syn: Idea; conception; imagination; fancy; conceit; notion; supposition; reflection; consideration; meditation; contemplation; cogitation; deliberation.
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thought  (n.)
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." Thoughtful "given to thinking, meditative" is attested from c.1200; sense of "considerate of others" is first recorded 1851 (thoughtless "inconsiderate" is attested from 1794). Second thought "later consideration" is recorded from 1642. 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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: thought
Pronunciation: 'thot
Function: noun
1 a : the action or process of thinking b : serious consideration
2a : reasoning power b : the power to imagine : CONCEPTION
3 : something that is thought: as a : an individual act or product of thinking b : a developed intention or plan thought of leaving home> c : something (as an opinion or belief) in the mind thoughts freely> d : the intellectual product or the organized views and principles of aperiod, place, group, or individual
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thought (thôt)
n.

  1. The act or the process of thinking; cogitation.
  2. A product of thinking, such as an idea.
  3. The faculty of thinking or reasoning.

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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.

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