Meaning

6 senses

  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.

    I hate the thought of going back to work Monday morning.

    Gedanke

    мысльmyslʹ, ду́маdúma, иде́яidéja

    ду́мкаdúmka, мисльmyslʹ, ми́сляmýslja

  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.

    Nachdenken

    мысльmyslʹ, мышле́ниеmyšlénije, рассужде́ниеrassuždénije

  3. (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.

  4. (dialectal, uncountable)Anxiety, distress.

  5. (uncountable)The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation.

    After much thought, I have decided to stay.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.

More definitions
  • 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 sentences

  1. It was just as I thought.

    Я так собі й думав. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ именно так и думал. — marafon

    deEs war genau so, wie ich es gedacht hatte. — Tamy

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  2. It is easier than I thought.

    Це простіше, ніж я думав. — deniko

    ruЭто легче, чем я думал. — marafon

    deEs ist einfacher, als ich dachte. — Hans_Adler

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  3. I thought that he was innocent.

    Я думав, що він невинний. — sadxaka

    ruЯ думал, что он был невиновным. — FeuDRenais

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  4. He thought of a good solution.

    Йому на думку спало чудове рішення. — sakhnik

    ruОн придумал хорошее решение. — odexed

    deIhm fiel eine gute Lösung ein. — Zaghawa

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  5. He put his thoughts on paper.

    Він виклав свої думки на папері. — deniko

    ruОн изложил свои мысли на бумаге. — marafon

    deEr brachte seine Gedanken zu Papier. — al_ex_an_der

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
representation created in the mind:
Русский
By meaning 2
representation created in the mind:
process:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
representation created in the mind:
process:

Origin

From Middle English thought, ithoȝt, from Old English þōht, ġeþōht, from Proto-West German

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 (“thought”). Related to thank, think.

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Forms

plural: thoughts

Synonyms

22 synonyms
meditationB1reflectionB1ruminationC2thinkingcogitationcontemplationdeliberationmullingmusingponderingrethinkingreconsideration
Close in meaning

Word family

70 related words
Relatedthink
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Lessons for this word

1 lessons

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
thouthoughB2thoughtfulB2thoughtfullythoughtlessB2thousandA2
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