thought

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual

   19th century thought

2. 2
   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 greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).

   Traditional eastern thought differs markedly from that of the west.

5. 5
   noun

   Anxiety, distress.

   Which of you by taking thought, can adde one cubite vnto his ſtature?

6. 6
   noun

   The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation.

   After much thought, I have decided to stay.

7. 7
   noun

   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.'

8. 8
   verb

   simple past and past participle of think

   Hi! I thought I’d come over and introduce myself. My name’s Chema.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought 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, prayer”), Icelandic þóttur…