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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought From Middle English thought, ithoȝt, from Old English þōht, ġeþōht, from Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *gaþanhtą (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”). Cognate with Scots thocht (“thought”), Saterland Frisian Toacht (“thought”), West Frisian dacht (“attention, regard, thought”), Dutch gedachte (“thought”), German Andacht (“reverence, devotion, prayer”), Icelandic þóttur (“thought”). Related to thank, think.

derived from *teng-✻
inherited from *þanhtaz✻
inherited from *þą̄ht✻
inherited from þōht
inherited from thought

Definitions

1
A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound,…
A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.
- The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
- I hate the thought of going back to work Monday morning.
2
The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated
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.
- The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.
3
A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
- Traditional eastern thought differs markedly from that of the west.
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1. 4
  Anxiety, distress.
  - Which of you by taking thought, can adde one cubite vnto his ſtature?
2. 5
  The careful consideration of multiple factors
  The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation.
  - After much thought, I have decided to stay.
3. 6
  A very small amount, distance, etc.
  A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.
  - 'Bide the night at Heriotside,' says he. 'It's a thought out of your way, but it's a comfortable bit.'
4. 7
  simple past and past participle of think
  - Hi! I thought I’d come over and introduce myself. My name’s Chema.
  - I'd previously been thought to be a thorough fool.

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Derived

aforethought, afterthought, bethought, chain of thought, collect one's thoughts, counterthought, food for thought, forethought, freedom of thought, free thought, gather one's thoughts, give thought, habit of thought, have another thought coming, hindthought, hold that thought, intrusive thought, it's the thought that counts, line of thought, lost in thought, merrythought, metathought, midthought, misthought, mode of thought, mood-thought, MTE, netherthought, nether thought, nonthought, on second thought, on second thoughts, overthought, park that thought, passthought, penny for your thoughts, perish the thought, quick as thought, school of thought, second thought · +57 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at thought. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at thought. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at thought

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