thought
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thought
- /θɔt/
- /θɑt/ cot caught merger
- [θɒ(ː)t] Inland Northern American
- /θɔːt/ UK
- /θoːt/ Australia, British, New Zealand, Southern, Standard
- [θɒ(ː)t] Canada
- [θɔ(ː)t] Canada
- /θɔt/ Scotland
- /θaʊt/ Northumbria
Sounds like thot (cot–caught merger), fought (th-fronting), fort (non-rhotic, th-fronting) · Rhymes with -ɔːt
Where it comes from
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.
noun thoughts · thowt · thaught · thot
- 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.
- 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.
- A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation, region or idea). school of thought
- Anxiety, distress. Which of you by taking thought, can adde one cubite vnto his ſtature?
- The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation. After much thought, I have decided to stay.
- 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.'
verb thowt · thaught · thot
- simple past and past participle of think Hi! I thought I’d come over and introduce myself. My name’s Chema.
