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
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- a thought