English Explanatory Dictionary

thought

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.
  2. The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
  3. A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
  4. Anxiety, distress.
  5. The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation.
  6. A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of think

Pronunciation

thôt /θɔt/ /θɑt/ en-us-thought.ogg [θɒ(ː)t] /θɔːt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-thought.wav /θoːt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-thought.wav [θɔ(ː)t] /θaʊt/

Word forms

thought thoughts thowt thaught thot

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought From Middle English thought, ithoȝt, from Old English þōht, ġeþōht, from Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *gaþanhtą (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”). Cognate with Scots thocht (“thought”), Saterland Frisian Toacht (“thought”), West Frisian dacht (“attention, regard, thought”), Dutch gedachte (“thought”), German Andacht (“reverence, devotion, prayer”), Icelandic þóttur (“thought”). Related to thank, think.

Synonyms

thinking cogitation contemplation deliberation mulling musing pondering meditation reflection rethinking reconsideration rumination thought

Derived words

aforethought afterthought bethought chain of thought collect one's thoughts counterthought food for thought forethought freedom of thought free thought gather one's thoughts give thought habit of thought have another thought coming hindthought hold that thought intrusive thought it's the thought that counts line of thought lost in thought merrythought metathought midthought misthought mode of thought mood-thought MTE netherthought nether thought nonthought on second thought on second thoughts overthought park that thought passthought penny for your thoughts perish the thought quick as thought school of thought second thought shower thought spare a thought for there's a thought thought balloon thought-bearing thought blocking thought broadcasting thought bubble thoughtcast thoughtcasting thought collective thought control thought-controlled thoughtcrime thought criminal thought echo thoughted thought experiment thoughtform thought-form
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