thought
Pronunciation: /θɔt/
The English word “thought” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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 operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
- A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation, region or idea).
- Anxiety, distress.
- The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation.
- A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.
Etymology
From Middle English thought, ithoȝt, from Old English þōht, ġeþōht, from Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *gaþanhtą (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”). Cognate with Scots thocht (“thought”), Saterland Frisian Toacht (“thought”), West Frisian dacht (“attention, regard, thought”), Dutch gedachte (“thought”), German Andacht (“reverence, devotion,…
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