thought

Phonetics

/θɔːt/

/θɔt/

verb

To ponder, to go over in one's head.
Example: Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.
To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
Example: I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.
To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
Example: I tend to think of her as rather ugly.
To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
Example: At the time I thought his adamant refusal to give in right.
To guess; to reckon.
Example: I think she’ll pass the examination.
To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
To presume; to venture.

verb

noun

Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
Example: The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
The operation by which such forms arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
Example: Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
Example: Traditional eastern thought differs markedly from that of the west.

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