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The correct spelling is thought.
How to pronounce thought
/θɔːt/
verbIPA: /θɔːt/
Say it like: Tho-wt
The correct spelling is thought. To ponder, to go over in one's head. For example: "Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be."
Usage Examples
“Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.”
“I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.”
“I tend to think of her as rather ugly.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To ponder, to go over in one's head.
- 2.To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
- 3.To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
- 4.To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
- 5.To guess; to reckon.
noun
- 1.Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
- 2.The operation by which such forms arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
- 3.A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
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