n.
Pronunciation: ' tho ̇ t
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English th ō ht; akin to Old English thencan to think ― more at THINK
Date: before 12th century
1 a : the action or process of thinking : COGITATION b : serious consideration : REGARD c archaic : RECOLLECTION , REMEMBRANCE
2 a : reasoning power b : the power to imagine : CONCEPTION
3 : something that is thought: as a : an individual act or product of thinking b : a developed intention or plan <had no thought of leaving home> c : something (as an opinion or belief) in the mind <he spoke his thought s freely> d : the intellectual product or the organized views and principles of a period, place, group, or individual <contemporary Western thought >
synonyms see IDEA
– a thought : a little : SOMEWHAT < a thought too much vinegar in the dressing>