Definition of 'thought'
Word forms: plural thoughts
3. plural noun [usually poss NOUN]
A person's thoughts are their mind, or all the ideas in their mind when they are concentrating on one particular thing.
4. plural noun [oft poss NOUN]
5. uncountable noun
Thought is the activity of thinking, especially deeply, carefully, or logically.
6. countable noun
7. singular noun [oft adjective NOUN]
A thought is an act of kindness or an offer of help; used especially when you are thanking someone, or expressing admiration of someone.
8. uncountable noun
Thought is the group of ideas and beliefs which belongs, for example, to a particular religion, philosophy, science, or political party.
9. See also second thought
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thought in British English
verb
1. the past tense and past participle of think
noun
2.
4.
German thought in the 19th century
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Word origin
Old English thōht; related to Old Frisian thochta, Old Saxon, Old High German githāchtWord Frequency
thought in American English 1
noun
1.
the act or process of thinking; reflection; meditation; cogitation
2.
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
7.
intention or expectation
no thought of leaving
SIMILAR WORDS: iˈdea
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Word Frequency
thought in American English 1
(θɔt)
noun
SYNONYMS 2. See idea. 3. reflection, cogitation.1.
the product of mental activity; that which one thinks
a body of thought
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
7.
intention, design, or purpose, esp. a half-formed or imperfect intention
We had some thought of going
11.
the intellectual activity or the ideas, opinions, etc., characteristic of a particular
place, class, or time
Greek thought
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[bef. 900; ME thoght, OE (ge)thōht; c. D gedachte; akin to thank, think1]Examples of 'thought' in a sentence
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thought
British English: thought
/θɔːt/ NOUN
A thought is an idea or opinion.
I hate the thought of someone suffering.
- American English: thought /ˈθɔt/
- Arabic: فِكْرَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: pensamento
- Chinese: 思想
- Croatian: misao
- Czech: myšlenka
- Danish: tanke
- Dutch: gedachte
- European Spanish: pensamiento
- Finnish: ajattelu
- French: pensée
- German: Gedanke
- Greek: σκέψη
- Italian: pensiero
- Japanese: 思考
- Korean: 생각
- Norwegian: tanke
- Polish: myśl
- European Portuguese: pensamento
- Romanian: gând
- Russian: мысль
- Latin American Spanish: pensamiento
- Swedish: tanke
- Thai: ความคิด
- Turkish: düşünce
- Ukrainian: думка
- Vietnamese: sự suy nghĩ
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