thought

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable) 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. (uncountable) The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
3. (countable) A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
4. (dialectal, uncountable) Anxiety, distress.
5. (uncountable) The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation.
6. (countable, uncountable) A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.

Verb

simple past and past participle of think

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think

• Verb
• Noun

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Synonyms

idea

💡

thinking

🤔

reflection

mind

opinion

consideration

intention

concept

meditation

conception

thoughts

notion

view

purpose

cogitation

speculation

wish

imagination

desire

belief

attention

deliberation

memory

sentiment

worry

concern

plan

intellection

expectation

intellect

cerebration

ideology

dream

😴💭

care

design

heart

❤️

feeling

mentation

considered

position

reason

philosophy

fancy

pensiveness

think

🤔

emotion

impression

hope

meaning

sense

Translations

pensée

Gedanke

💭

pensamiento

💭

idée

💡

pensiero

💭

pensamento

💭

gedachte

💭

ideia

💡

Überlegung

σκέψη

idee

💡

réflexion

Idee

💡

Meinung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɔːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: thought

Inherited from Old English: þōht

Cognate with Scots: thocht

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Toacht

Cognate with Western Frisian: oandacht

Cognate with Dutch: gedachte

Cognate with German: Andacht

Cognate with Icelandic: þóttur

In summary

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.

Sentences

Who would have thought that ?

The sun thought for a minute .

No one seemed to have thought about it that night .

Thought I might be hearing from you .

I thought that everything I owned would be destroyed .

The sun thought about that , and decided to shine more brightly .