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thought

[thawt] / θɔt /




Usage

What are other ways to say thought? The noun thought, which reflects its primary emphasis on the mental process, may denote any concept except the more weighty and elaborate ones: I welcomed his thoughts on the subject. A thought came to him. Idea, although it may refer to thoughts of any degree of seriousness or triviality, is commonly used for mental concepts considered more important or elaborate: We pondered the idea of the fourth dimension. The idea of his arrival frightened me. Conception suggests a thought that seems complete, individual, recent, or somewhat intricate: The architect's conception delighted them. Notion suggests a fleeting, vague, or imperfect thought: a bare notion of how to proceed.

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"She genuinely thought she was a wicked person. She thought she was worthless, and that's how she spent the rest of her life."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

GSK missed out on a lot of growth after shedding its oncology business just over a decade ago, a move that many on Wall Street and in the industry thought was a mistake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“They’re very well thought of in Nevada and they’re a very successful family who’s done well,” he added.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"These highest-energy cosmic rays are thought to come from extreme astrophysical sources, like two neutron stars colliding or a massive star collapsing," Murase said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

You’d never have thought a place so far from family could be home.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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