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Noun

thought (countable and uncountable, plural thoughts)

1. (countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.
   • The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
2. (uncountable) The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
   • Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

   Synonyms:

   thinking

3. (countable) A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation, region or idea).
   • school of thought
4. (dialectal, uncountable) Anxiety, distress.
   • Which of you by taking thought, can adde one cubite vnto his ſtature?1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 6:27
5. (uncountable) The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation.
   • After much thought, I have decided to stay.

   Synonyms:

   cogitation, contemplation, deliberation, mulling, musing, pondering, meditation, reflection, rethinking, reconsideration

6. A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.
   • 'Bide the night at Heriotside,' says he. 'It's a thought out of your way, but it's a comfortable bit.'1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

Verb

think (third-person singular simple present thinks, present participle thinking, simple past and past participle thought)

1. (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
   • Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.

   Synonyms:

   ponder

2. (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.
   • "I should phone my mother," I thought.
3. (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
   • I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.
4. (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone
   • I tend to think of her as rather ugly.
5. (transitive) To be of the opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
   • I don't think it worth complaining about the leak in the roof, is it?

   Synonyms:

   have opinion, deem

6. (transitive) To guess; to reckon; to believe while admittedly being uncertain.
   • We should/would have thought she could've washed her hands before, at least.

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