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thought (t̸hôt)

noun

  1. the act or process of thinking; reflection; meditation; cogitation
  2. the power of reasoning, or of conceiving ideas; capacity for thinking; intellect; imagination
  3. a result of thinking; idea, concept, opinion, etc.
  4. the ideas, principles, opinions, etc. prevalent at a given time or place or among a given people modern thought in education
  5. attention; consideration; heed give it a moment's thought
  6. mental engrossment; preoccupation; concentration deep in thought
  7. intention or expectation no thought of leaving
  8. a small amount, degree, etc.; a little; trifle be a thought more careful

Etymology: ME thouht < OE thoht < PGmc *thanht, pret. of *thankjan (> OE thencan: see think)

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thought (t̸hôt)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

think & think

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thought Synonyms

thought

n.

  1. Mental activity

    speculation, reflection, deliberation, cerebration, ideation, meditation, rumination, perceiving, apprehending, seeing, consideration, reasoning, intuition, imagination, logical process, perception, insight, understanding, viewpoint, concept, brainwork, thinking, knowing, realizing, discerning, rationalizing, drawing conclusions, concluding, inferring, deducing, deriving, deduction, inducing, logic, judging, rationalization, ratiocination, judgment, argumentation, cogitation, contemplation, cognition, intellection, slant*, brainstorm*, twist*, wrinkle*; see also acumen.

  2. The result of mental activity

    idea, plan, view, fancy, notion, impression, image, understanding, appreciation, conception, observation, belief, feeling, opinion, guess, inference, theory, hypothesis, supposition, assumption, intuition, conjecture, deduction, postulate, premise, knowledge, evaluation, assessment, appraisal, estimate, verdict, finding, decision, determination, reflection, consideration, abstraction, conviction, tenet, presumption, intellectualization, ideation, surmise, doctrine, principle, drift, calculation, caprice, reverie, sentiment, care, worry, anxiety, uneasiness, dream.

  3. The ideas of a given time, place, people, etc.

    philosophy, way of life, outlook, views, principles, worldview, Weltanschauung (German), Zeitgeist (German), spirit, custom, mores.

  4. Care or attention

    heed, thoughtfulness, solicitude; see attention 1, 2, care 2. See syn. study at idea.


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thought Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • spare: Spare a thought for Geordie exile the mighty atom Lorna, her back went mid way during the L & D set.

Preposition: on

  • cynicism: View my complete profile Previous Posts Some thoughts on cynicism and the G8 " This will not make poverty history.

Converse of subject

  • excite: I was too excited by the thought of a radio debate with Mr Moore to pay attention to any attendant circumstances.

Adjective modifier

  • suicidal: Surveys in UK and US Universities show that about 10 % of the student population suffer suicidal thoughts to some degree.

Modifies a noun

  • experiment: Maybe Conway thinks that he mainly needs to overcome absolute libertarian rights, and so can simply use such a thought experiment.

Noun used with modifier

  • inflight: All teachers, however, recognized student individuality in their inflight thoughts.

Preposition: in

  • mind: With these thoughts in mind it was decided to investigate the views of a small group of subject teachers.

Preposition: of

  • suicide: My thoughts of suicide seem to be being replaced with rage, and I've had to stop driving for the safety of others.
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thought quotes

One friend in a lifetime ismuch; two are many; three are hardly possible.Friendship needs a certainparallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

-Adams, Henry Brooks

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slipperyand thought is viscous.

-Adams, Henry Brooks

It must be soöPlato, thou reason'st well!ö Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought!

-Addison,Joseph

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