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thought

1 [thawt]

–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.

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thought (thôt)

v. Past tense and past participle of think.
n.

The act or process of thinking; cogitation.
A product of thinking. See Synonyms at idea.
The faculty of thinking or reasoning.
The intellectual activity or production of a particular time or group: ancient Greek thought; deconstructionist thought.
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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