Thought Definition
- idea
- heed
- solicitude
- thoughtfulness
- mores
- custom
- spirit
- principles
- Zeitgeist (German)
- Weltanschauung (German)
- worldview
- views
- outlook
- way-of-life
- philosophy
Simple past tense and past participle of think.
- To a small degree; somewhat:
You could be a thought more considerate.
- to a small extent or degree; somewhat
be a thought more careful next time
Other Word Forms of Thought
Noun
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Thought
- a thought
- a thought
Origin of Thought
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From Middle English thought, ithoȝt, from Old English þōht, Ä¡eþōht (“process of thinking, thought; mind; a thought, idea, purpose; decree; compassion, viscera") and geþeaht (“thought, consideration, counsel, advice, direction; design, contrivance, scheme; council, assembly"), from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *gaþanhtÄ… (“thought"), from Proto-Indo-European *tong-, *tonǵ- (“to think"). Cognate with Scots thocht (“thought"), West Frisian oandacht (“attention, regard, thought"), Dutch gedachte (“thought"), German Andacht (“reverence, devotion, prayer"), Icelandic þóttur (“thought").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English gethōht, thōht tong- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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