(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Thought is the past tense and past participle of think .
2.
A ~ is an idea that you have in your mind.
The ~ of Nick made her throat tighten...
He pushed the ~ from his mind...
I’ve just had a ~.
N-COUNT: oft N of n/-ing, N that
3.
A person’s ~s are their mind, or all the ideas in their mind when they are concentrating on one particular thing.
I jumped to my feet so my ~s wouldn’t start to wander...
If he wasn’t there physically, he was always in her ~s.
N-PLURAL: usu poss N
4.
A person’s ~s are their opinions on a particular subject.
Many of you have written to us to express your ~s on the conflict...
Mr Goodman, do you have any ~s on that?
N-PLURAL: oft poss N, N on/about n
5.
Thought is the activity of thinking, especially deeply, carefully, or logically.
Alice had been so deep in ~ that she had walked past her car without even seeing it...
He had given some ~ to what she had told him...
N-UNCOUNT
6.
A ~ is an intention, hope, or reason for doing something.
Sarah’s first ~ was to run back and get Max...
They had no ~ of surrender...
N-COUNT: oft N of n
7.
A ~ is an act of kindness or an offer of help; used especially when you are thanking someone, or expressing admiration of someone.
‘Would you like to move into the ward?’—‘A kind ~, but no, thank you.’
N-SING: with supp, oft adj N
8.
Thought is the group of ideas and beliefs which belongs, for example, to a particular religion, philosophy, science, or political party.
Aristotle’s scientific theories dominated Western ~ for fifteen hundred years...
N-UNCOUNT
9.
see also second ~