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thoughts

/θɑts/
Meanings

  • the act of thinking; cognitive activity; mental activity

    - "She is deep in thought."
    - "He was lost in thought while gazing at the stars."
Pronunciation
  1. /θɔːts/



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Rhymes
Words rhyming with thoughts
thought , brought , plight , sight , night , bright
Homophones
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  1. thoughts

  2. broughts

  3. thights

  4. sights

  5. nights

  6. bights

Variants
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a thought , thought , thoughts , (a) penny for your thoughts , a penny for your thoughts , penny for your thoughts , on second thoughts , read someone's thoughts , free thought , free thoughts , second thought , second thoughts
Forms
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singular form: thought, plural form: thoughts

Etymology
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Old English thoht, from thohhan to lay bare, lay open; from the base of thahhan to place, put. Cognate with German Gedanke (thought) and English thought.

Related Concepts
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  1. Cognition: The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge or understanding through thought, experience, or perception.

  2. Perception: The process of interpreting and organizing sensory information in order to understand and navigate the environment.

  3. Intelligence: The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills in order to adapt to new situations, solve problems, and learn new things.

Quotes
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  1. He could easily have held the audience for a one-hour answer that ranged from his "thoughts" on jazz to his soap-opera career playing gangsters …

    - Calvin Trillin,{it}Nation{/it},28 May 2007

  2. … "thoughts" expressed while sitting alone at the keyboard would be put more diplomatically—or go unmentioned—face to face.

    - Daniel Goleman,{it}New York Times{/it},20 Feb. 2007

  3. Yes, well don't forget, sir, we're viewing this with twenty-twenty hindsight, but at the time no one gave a "thought" to geckos or what they ate—they were just another fact of life in the tropics.

    - T. Coraghessan Boyle,{it}Harper's{/it},April 1993
Culture
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Thoughts have been a significant part of human culture for centuries. In literature, thoughts have been explored through various genres such as poetry, novels, and short stories. Thoughts have also been a popular theme in art, music, and film. In philosophy, thoughts have been a subject of inquiry and debate for centuries. From ancient Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, to modern philosophers such as Descartes, Kant, and Wittgenstein, thoughts have been a subject of philosophical inquiry and debate for centuries.

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