thought
A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision,…A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.
» It was just as I thought.
Es war genau so, wie ich es gedacht hatte.
Я именно так и думал.
Я так собі й думав.
Було так, як я й думав.
Все пройшло саме так, як я і думав.
Все пройшло саме так, як я і думала.
Він був саме таким, яким я його і уявляв.
Він був саме таким, яким я його і уявляла.
Вона була саме такою, якою я її й уявляв.
Вона була саме такою, якою я її й уявляла.
Воно було саме таким, яким я його й уявляв.
Воно було саме таким, яким я його й уявляла.
Meaning
6 senses(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.
I hate the thought of going back to work Monday morning.
Gedanke
мысльmyslʹ, ду́маdúma, иде́яidéja
ду́мкаdúmka, мисльmyslʹ, ми́сляmýslja
(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.
Nachdenken
мысльmyslʹ, мышле́ниеmyšlénije, рассужде́ниеrassuždénije
(countable)A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation, region or idea).
school of thought
Traditional eastern thought differs markedly from that of the west.
(dialectal, uncountable)Anxiety, distress.
(uncountable)The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation.
After much thought, I have decided to stay.
(countable, uncountable)A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.
- the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual
- the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
- the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
Examples
26246 sentencesIt was just as I thought.
Я так собі й думав.
ruЯ именно так и думал.
deEs war genau so, wie ich es gedacht hatte.
It is easier than I thought.
Це простіше, ніж я думав.
ruЭто легче, чем я думал.
deEs ist einfacher, als ich dachte.
I thought that he was innocent.
Я думав, що він невинний.
ruЯ думал, что он был невиновным.
He thought of a good solution.
Йому на думку спало чудове рішення.
ruОн придумал хорошее решение.
deIhm fiel eine gute Lösung ein.
He put his thoughts on paper.
Він виклав свої думки на папері.
ruОн изложил свои мысли на бумаге.
deEr brachte seine Gedanken zu Papier.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English thought, ithoȝt, from Old English þōht, ġeþōht, from Proto-West GermanFrom 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 (“thought”). Related to thank, think.
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Forms
plural: thoughtsSynonyms
22 synonyms- the process of using your mind to consider something carefully:thinkingthought processcerebrationintellectionmentation
- the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about:idea
- a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty:opinionsentimentpersuasionview
Word family
70 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- thought that maybe
- thought that there
- really thought that
- never thought that
- thought doing doing
- thought there was
- never thought about
- having second thoughts
- anybody really thought
- ever thought about
- anyone really thought
- thought that would