thought¹ /thöt/

1. The act or process of thinking
2. Mind
3. Consciousness
4. The faculty or power of reasoning
5. Serious and careful consideration, deliberation
6. (often in pl) that which one thinks
7. A notion, idea, fancy
8. Consideration, opinion, meditation
9. Design, care, considerateness
10. Purpose, intention
11. The intellectual ideas that are typical of a particular place, time, group, etc
12. Resolution
13. A very slight amount, a hint or trace
14. Grief, anxiety (obsolete)

thoughtˈed adjective

Having thoughts

thoughtˈen adjective (Shakespeare)

Firm in belief, assured

thoughtˈful adjective

1. Full of thought
2. Engaged in or fond of meditation, pensive
3. Attentive
4. Considerate
5. Expressive of or favourable to meditation

thoughtˈfully adverb

thoughtˈfulness noun

thoughtˈless adjective

1. Inconsiderate
2. Unthinking
3. Incapable of thinking
4. Showing a lack of careful or serious thought
5. Carefree
6. Careless
7. Inattentive

thoughtˈlessly adverb

thoughtˈlessness noun

thoughtˈcast noun

A mode of thought

thought disorder noun

Extremely irrational thought and conversation, a characteristic of schizophrenia

thought-exˈecuting adjective

1. Carrying out the wishes of someone, esp a master (old)
2. Perh acting with the speed of thought (Shakespeare)

thought process noun

1. A train of thought
2. A manner of thinking

thoughtˈ-reader noun

thoughtˈ-reading noun

Discerning what is passing in another's mind by any means other than the ordinary and obvious, mind-reading

thoughtˈ-sick adjective (Shakespeare)

Sick with the thought

thought transference noun

Telepathy

thought wave noun

1. A wavelike progress of a thought among a crowd or the public
2. A sudden accession of thought in the mind
3. An impulse in some hypothetical medium assumed to explain telepathy

in thought

Thinking, reflecting

on second thoughts

On reconsideration

take thought

1. To think things over
2. To conceive a purpose
3. To be anxious or troubled (obsolete)

upon (or with) a thought (Shakespeare)

1. In a moment
2. With the speed of thought

thought² /thöt/ pat and pap of think¹and pat of think²

think¹ /thingk/

1. To form, conceive or revolve in the mind
2. To have as a thought
3. To imagine
4. To judge
5. To believe or consider
6. To expect or intend
7. To purpose, design
8. To remember or recollect
9. To bring into a particular condition by thinking
10. To believe to exist (Milton)

1. To exercise the mind (often with about, of, or (archaic) on, upon)
2. To revolve ideas in the mind
3. To judge
4. To be of an opinion
5. To consider
6. To call to mind, recollect
7. To conceive or hit on a thought
8. To aspire or form designs (with of or about)
9. To be capable of thinking and reflecting

1. A spell of thinking
2. A thought

thinkˈable adjective

1. Capable of being thought
2. Conceivably possible

thinkˈer noun

1. A person who thinks, esp someone with a powerful mind
2. A horse that takes care of itself in a race and therefore does not try hard enough (horse-racing)

thinkˈing noun

1. An opinion or judgement
2. The process of thought

Using or capable of rational thought

thinkˈingly adverb

thinkˈ-in noun (informal)

A meeting to discuss ideas, thoughts on a subject, etc

think piece noun

An article in a newspaper or magazine expressing the writer's thoughts or opinion on a particular subject

think tank noun

A person or a group of people, usu expert in some field, regarded as a source of ideas and solutions to problems

have another think coming (informal)

To be wrong in what one thinks (about future events or actions)

I don't think

1. I disbelieve
2. A warning that what was said was ironical (informal)

I shouldn't (or wouldn't) think of

I would not under any conditions

just think of it or to think of it

An expression of surprise, disapproval, longing, etc

put on one's thinking-cap

To devote some time to thinking about some problem

think again

To (be forced to) change one's opinion

think aloud

To utter one's thoughts unintentionally

think back to

To bring to one's mind the memory of (a past event, etc)

think better of

1. To change one's mind about (doing something) on reflection
2. To feel more approval for

think for (archaic)

To expect

think little (or much, well) of

To have a poor (or high) opinion of

think long (archaic)

1. To yearn
2. To weary (from deferred hopes or boredom)

think nothing of

1. Not to consider difficult, exceptional, etc
2. Not to hesitate in (doing)

think nothing of it

It does not matter, it is not important

think on one's feet

To solve problems as they arise during an activity

think out

1. To devise, project completely
2. To solve by a process of thought

think over

To reconsider at leisure

think shame

To be ashamed

think through

1. To solve by a process of thought
2. To project and consider all the possible consequences, problems, etc relating to (some course of action)

think twice

1. (often with about) to hesitate (before doing something)
2. To decide not to do something

think up

To find by thinking, devise or concoct

think² /thingk/

To seem

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