thoughtverb
uk/θɔːt/us/θɑːt/past simple and past participle of think
thoughtnoun [ C or U ]
uk/θɔːt/us/θɑːt/B1 the act of thinking about or considering something, an idea or opinion, or a set of ideas about a particular subject:
Ask me again tomorrow. I'll have to give it some thought.
She doesn't give any thought to her appearance.
Let me have your thoughts on that report by Friday.
Spare a thought for (= think about) all those without shelter on a cold night like this.
He's the author of a book on the history of European thought.
You sent her a card? That was a kind thought.
More examples
- The thought suddenly flashed through my mind that she didn't want to be here.
- To be honest, the thought of jumping out of a moving plane makes my hair stand on end.
- My thoughts flow more easily if I work on a word processor.
- He took a minute or two to compose his thoughts before he replied.
- The thought of kissing him made me go weak at the knees.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Thinking and contemplating
- -ly
- agonize over/about sth
- chew
- chew sth over
- chew the cud idiom
- chew your cud idiom
- depth
- joined-up thinking
- lateral thinking
- let me see/let's see idiom
- let's see idiom
- puzzle
- rack
- reflect
- take sth into account idiom
- the thought crosses sb's mind idiom
- think sth out
- think sth over
- think sth through
- worry
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Idiom(s)
it's the thought that counts
that's a thought
the thought crosses sb's mind
with no thought for sth