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thought1 /thöt/ noun- The act or process of thinking
- Mind
- Consciousness
- The faculty or power of reasoning
- Serious and careful consideration, deliberation
- (often in pl) that which one thinks
- A notion, idea, fancy
- Consideration, opinion, meditation
- Design, care, considerateness
- Purpose, intention
- The intellectual ideas that are typical of a particular place, time, group, etc
- Resolution
- A very slight amount, a hint or trace
- Grief, anxiety (obsolete)
ORIGIN: OE (ge)thōht thoughtˈed adjective Having thoughts thoughtˈen adjective (Shakespeare) Firm in belief, assured thoughtˈful adjective - Full of thought
- Engaged in or fond of meditation, pensive
- Attentive
- Considerate
- Expressive of or favourable to meditation
thoughtˈfully adverb thoughtˈfulness noun thoughtˈless adjective - Inconsiderate
- Unthinking
- Incapable of thinking
- Showing a lack of careful or serious thought
- Carefree
- Careless
- Inattentive
thoughtˈlessly adverb thoughtˈlessness noun thoughtˈcast noun A mode of thought thought disorder noun Extremely irrational thought and conversation, a characteristic of schizophrenia thought-exˈecuting adjective - Carrying out the wishes of someone, esp a master (old)
- Perh acting with the speed of thought (Shakespeare)
thought process noun - A train of thought
- A manner of thinking
thoughtˈ-reader noun thoughtˈ-reading noun Discerning what is passing in another's mind by any means other than the ordinary and obvious, mind-reading thoughtˈ-sick adjective (Shakespeare) Sick with the thought thought transference noun Telepathy thought wave noun - A wavelike progress of a thought among a crowd or the public
- A sudden accession of thought in the mind
- An impulse in some hypothetical medium assumed to explain telepathy
in thought Thinking, reflecting on second thoughts On reconsideration take thought - To think things over
- To conceive a purpose
- To be anxious or troubled (obsolete)
upon (or with) a thought (Shakespeare) - In a moment
- With the speed of thought
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