thought

noun
thôt

A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.

Example

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

Other meanings

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.”
A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
“Traditional eastern thought differs markedly from that of the west.”

Example sentences

“I thought we were still on good terms.”
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“I never thought of it quite like that.”
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“I thought it was a much older movie.”
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Word history

From Old English "þōht".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “thought” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.