thought

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /θɔːt/
• (America) IPA: /θɔt/
• (cot-caught) IPA: /θɑt/
• (Northern Cities Vowel Shift) IPA: /θɒt/

Noun

thought

1. (countable) Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.

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

2. (uncountable) The operation by which such forms 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.

   • The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.

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

   Traditional eastern thought differs markedly from that of the west.

Translations

• French: idée, pensée
• German: Gedanke
• Italian: idea
• Portuguese: pensamento, ideia
• Russian: мысль
• Spanish: pensamiento

Translations

• French: pensée
• Italian: pensiero
• Portuguese: pensamento
• Russian: мысль
• Spanish: pensamiento

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of think

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