Main Entry:: ²thought
Pronunciation:: \ˈthȯt\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English, from Old English thōht; akin to Old English thencan to think — more at think
Date:: before 12th century

1 a: the action or process of thinking : cogitation b: serious consideration : regard carchaic : recollection, remembrance2 a: reasoning power b: the power to imagine : conception3: something that is thought: as a: an individual act or product of thinking b: a developed intention or plan <had no thought of leaving home> c: something (as an opinion or belief) in the mind <he spoke his thoughts freely> d: the intellectual product or the organized views and principles of a period, place, group, or individual <contemporary Western thought>

synonyms see idea

— a thought

: a little : somewhat <a thought too much vinegar in the dressing>

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