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thought

[thawt] / θɔt /




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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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"He walked on and he said 'What bloody man is that?' I thought, 'oh my God, this is for me'. He said 'bloody', did you hear that?"

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Baker thought he might have stumbled upon a new changeup grip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

“I thought if we kept this going, someday he’ll become the governor,” Villalobos said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

I thought a quarterback should look like a Super Bowl MVP?

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

“I thought you were here on a date with Dara,” I say, not sure how to say the rest.

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

“Our thoughts are with the child and family, and we recognize the serious concerns expressed by residents regarding coyote activity in their neighborhood,” spokesperson Agnes Sibal-von Debschitz wrote in an email.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

"All Australians' thoughts are with the family, with her many friends, with her community," he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Dimon routinely ranks as one of the CEOs most admired by other top CEOs, so all were interested in his thoughts on a range of topics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

This distinction may help explain why psychotherapy sometimes needs to address personal relationships and emotional experiences rather than focusing only on conscious thoughts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

My dad’s voice snaps me out of my thoughts and back into my bedroom, where I’m holding the flyer that’s made me so pensive.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold


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