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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


2. See idea. 3. reflection, cogitation.
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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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Word Origin & History

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).
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Medical Dictionary

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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