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Thought

noun
1.
The content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.  Synonym: idea.  "The thought never entered my mind"
2.
The process of using your mind to consider something carefully.  Synonyms: cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought process.  "She paused for thought"
3.
The organized beliefs of a period or group or individual.  "Darwinian thought"
4.
A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.  Synonyms: opinion, persuasion, sentiment, view.  "I am not of your persuasion" , "What are your thoughts on Haiti?"



Think

verb
(past & past part. thought; pres. part. thinking)
1.
Judge or regard; look upon; judge.  Synonyms: believe, conceive, consider.  "I believe her to be very smart" , "I think that he is her boyfriend" , "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
2.
Expect, believe, or suppose.  Synonyms: guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose.  "I thought to find her in a bad state" , "He didn't think to find her in the kitchen" , "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
3.
Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.  Synonyms: cerebrate, cogitate.
4.
Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.  Synonyms: call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve.  "I can't think what her last name was" , "Can you remember her phone number?" , "Do you remember that he once loved you?" , "Call up memories"
5.
Imagine or visualize.  "Think what a scene it must have been!"
6.
Focus one's attention on a certain state.  "Think thin"
7.
Have in mind as a purpose.  Synonyms: intend, mean.  "I only meant to help you" , "She didn't think to harm me" , "We thought to return early that night"
8.
Decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting.
9.
Ponder; reflect on, or reason about.  "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days"
10.
Dispose the mind in a certain way.
11.
Have or formulate in the mind.
12.
Be capable of conscious thought.
13.
Bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation.



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"Thought" Quotes from Famous Books



... these arched buildings belong not to the regal but to the republican period,(35) and that in the regal period the Italians were acquainted only with flat or overlapped roofs.(34) But whatever may be thought as to the invention of the arch itself, the application of a principle on a great scale is everywhere, and particularly in architecture, at least as important as its first exposition; and this application ...
— The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) • Theodor Mommsen

... him, his forehead thumped the ground. Lame Foot's woman threw him a bone, hitting him fairly on the shoulder. The blow went unheeded, and he gave no thought to the pickings. The dogs, returning, fought over him. He only clawed the earth in an effort to lie flat. The bone yielded to the strongest and fiercest, the other curs leaped about him, licking at his hair. Now he did not ...
— The Plow-Woman • Eleanor Gates

... mixing the mustard until smooth with a small quantity of cream, then add the other ingredients. (Mary used only 1 tablespoonful of mustard, and substituted 1 tablespoonful of flour instead of the second tablespoonful of mustard and thought it improved the dressing.) This mustard dressing may also be served at table, ...
— Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit - among the "Pennsylvania Germans" • Edith M. Thomas

... "Ah! I thought I had been stronger!" murmured Eugene, his eyes filling with tears. "I had armed myself against misfortune, but the memory of her love ...
— Prince Eugene and His Times • L. Muhlbach

... another matter. This time there were no pleas or petitions. I denounced, demanded, threatened. He had straight and strong my version of the vampire history of "Standard Oil," and also in rough, crude terms my opinion of his trickery and double-dealing. My voice was raised. I had lost all thought of what his people in the outer office would think. As I went on he wilted and tried to stop me, for I had shown him, until he knew it was so, that nothing but my death before I left the building would prevent me from taking the whole miserable ...
— Frenzied Finance - Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated • Thomas W. Lawson


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