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train of thought
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  train of thought - the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together; "I couldn't follow his train of thought"; "he lost the thread of his argument"threadcerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought process, thought - the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought" |
Translationstrain of thought
train of thoughtOne's uninterrupted progression of thinking. When the phone rang, it derailed my train of thought—I totally forget what I was talking about! Please don't interrupt my train of thought when I'm writing.See also: of, thought, trainsomeone's train of thoughtFig. someone's pattern of thinking or sequence of ideas; what one was just thinking about. (See also .) My train of thought is probably not as clear as it should be. I cannot seem to follow your train of thought on this matter. Will you explain it a little more carefully, please?See also: of, thought, traintrain of thoughtA succession of connected ideas, a path of reasoning, as in You've interrupted my train of thought; now what was I saying? This idiom, which uses train in the sense of "an orderly sequence," was first recorded in 1651, in philosopher Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan. See also: of, thought, traina train of ˈthought the connected series of thoughts that are in your head at a particular time: The phone ringing interrupted my train of thought.See also: of, thought, traintrain of thoughtA succession of connected ideas; a process of reasoning. This term appeared in Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan (1651), and indeed Hobbes may have coined it. He defined it there as “that succession of one thought to another, which is called, to distinguish it from discourse in words, mental discourse.” It is still so used.See also: of, thought, trainAcronymsSeeTOTtrain of thought
Synonyms for train of thoughtnoun the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument togetherSynonymsRelated Words- cerebration
- intellection
- mentation
- thinking
- thought process
- thought
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