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- [thawt]
- /θɔt/
- /θɔːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [thawt]
- /θɔt/
Definitions of thought word
- noun thought Informal. the act or a period of thinking: I want to sit down and give it a good think. 1
- verb thought simple past tense and past participle of think1 . 1
- verb without object thought to seem or appear (usually used impersonally with a dative as the subject). 1
- verb with object thought to have or form in the mind as an idea, conception, etc. 1
- verb with object thought to have or form in the mind in order to understand, know, or remember something else: Romantic comedy is all about chemistry: think Tracy and Hepburn. Can't guess? Here's a hint: think 19th century. 1
- verb with object thought to consider for evaluation or for possible action upon: Think the deal over. 1
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Origin of thought
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English thoght, Old English (ge)thōht; cognate with Dutch gedachte; akin to thank, think1
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Parts of speech for Thought
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
thought popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
thought usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for thought
adj thought
noun thought
- actuation — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- actuations — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- afflatus — an impulse of creative power or inspiration, esp in poetry, considered to be of divine origin (esp in the phrase divine afflatus)
- anamneses — the recollection or remembrance of the past; reminiscence.
- anamnesis — the ability to recall past events; recollection
verb thought
- apperceived — Simple past tense and past participle of apperceive.
- cogitated — Simple past tense and past participle of cogitate.
- deliberated — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- dreamed — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- ideated — to form an idea, thought, or image of.
adjective thought
- cognitive — Cognitive means relating to the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things.
Antonyms for thought
noun thought
- beefcake — Attractive men with large muscles can be referred to as beefcake.
- bod — A bod is a person.
- body — Your body is all your physical parts, including your head, arms, and legs.
- boody — to sulk
- corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
Top questions with thought
- just when i thought i was out?
- they are who we thought they were?
- that's what i thought?
- how do you spell thought?
- i thought what we had was special?
- what does food for thought mean?
- what i thought was true?
- what is a thought?
- who thought the world was flat?
- which are thought to have formed farthest from the sun?
- i thought i knew what love was?
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