thought

Meanings

Noun

• Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
• The operation by which such forms arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
• A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
• Anxiety, distress.
• The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation.
• A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.

Verb

• Past of think

Origin

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