Definition of 'thought'
Word forms: plural thoughts
1.
Thought is the past tense and past participle of think.
2. countable noun
3. plural noun
4. plural noun
5. uncountable noun
Thought is the activity of thinking, especially deeply, carefully, or logically.
6. countable noun
A thought is an intention, hope, or reason for doing something.
7. uncountable noun
8. See also second thought
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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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Word origin
[bef. 900; ME thoght, OE (ge)thōht; c. D gedachte; akin to thank, think1]Word Frequency
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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Old English thōht; related to Old Frisian thochta, Old Saxon, Old High German githāchtExamples 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
- Spanish: pensamiento
- Swedish: tanke
- Thai: ความคิด
- Turkish: düşünce
- Ukrainian: думка
- Vietnamese: sự suy nghĩ
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