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1. Meaning 1 · verb

   To ponder, to go over in one's head.

   “Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.”

2. Meaning 2 · verb

   To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.

   “I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.”

3. Meaning 3 · verb

   To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).

   “I tend to think of her as rather ugly.”

4. Meaning 4 · verb

   To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.

   “At the time I thought his adamant refusal to give in right.”

5. Meaning 5 · verb

   To guess; to reckon.

   “I think she’ll pass the examination.”

6. Meaning 6 · verb

   To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).

7. Meaning 7 · verb

   To presume; to venture.

8. Meaning 8 · verb

   To seem, to appear.

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.

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

10. Meaning 10 · noun

    The operation by which such forms 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.”

11. Meaning 11 · noun

    A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).

    “Traditional eastern thought differs markedly from that of the west.”

How this word is used

• Everyday “Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.”
• General “I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.”
• General “I tend to think of her as rather ugly.”
• General “At the time I thought his adamant refusal to give in right.”
• General “I think she’ll pass the examination.”
• Everyday “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
• General “Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.”
• General “Traditional eastern thought differs markedly from that of the west.”

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