THOUGHT


Meaning of THOUGHT in English

I.

past and past participle of think

II. ˈthȯt noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thōht; 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

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