Word Finder - thought

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To ponder, to go over in one's head.

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Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.

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To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.

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I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.

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To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).

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I tend to think of her as rather ugly.

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To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.

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At the time I thought his adamant refusal to give in right.

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To guess; to reckon.

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I think she’ll pass the examination.

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To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).

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To presume; to venture.

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To seem, to appear.

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Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.

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The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

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The operation by which such forms arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.

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Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

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A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).

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Traditional eastern thought differs markedly from that of the west.

The children thought the new game was very funny.

I never thought I could do it.

He thought it would be fun for the man to tell the woman.

He did not finish his sentence, but his tone showed how highly he thought of his friend and how much he expected of him in the future.

I knew that I had ceased to be my mother's only darling, and the thought filled me with jealousy.

They thought that pictures might take one's mind away from things that were better or more useful.

Princess Mary had thought and thought again now.

For some reason she had always thought Alex would adjust quickly to any lifestyle.

He did not mind what people thought of him.

American universities are thought by many to be among the best in the world.

Her face warmed as she thought of it.

With this thought in mind the girl took heart and leaned her head over the side of the buggy to see where the strange light was coming from.

You were so bespattered with mud that I thought you were some old farmer.

He began to see how foolish he had been; he thought how terrible it would be to live there without one friend, without one person to whom he could speak.

The doctor thought I could not live.

Maybe he thought she would change her mind, but it wasn't going to happen.

Maybe she thought it was funny.

As the train rumbled by, the trestle shook and swayed until I thought we should be dashed to the chasm below.

I have thought that Walden Pond would be a good place for business, not solely on account of the railroad and the ice trade; it offers advantages which it may not be good policy to divulge; it is a good port and a good foundation.

So thought the Emperor, and the Russian commanders and people were still more provoked at the thought that our forces were retreating into the depths of the country.

I thought you might want to talk about it.

The longer he thought the more contingencies presented themselves.

The older men, who thought it undignified to amuse themselves with such nonsense, continued to lie at the opposite side of the fire, but one would occasionally raise himself on an elbow and glance at Morel with a smile.

She thought of her nephew.

I did not study nor analyze them--I did not know whether they were well written or not; I never thought about style or authorship.

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.

I thought a moment.

You faced what you thought was a great danger, and you were not afraid.

It was thought advisable for me to have my examinations in a room by myself, because the noise of the typewriter might disturb the other girls.

The signs, which I had learned the day before, and which I thought I knew perfectly, confused me.

I cannot propose to her at present, but the thought that perhaps she might someday be my wife and that I may be missing that possibility... that possibility... is terrible.

For a minute there, I thought I was getting forgetful.

It was something she hadn't thought of in that way.

I thought that was the best way to carry her.

She pushed the thought from her mind and turned to him.

What if we thought differently?

But, however this may be, I cannot now write the letter which has lain in my thought for you so long.

The doctor said this restlessness did not mean anything and was due to physical causes; but Princess Mary thought he wished to tell her something, and the fact that her presence always increased his restlessness confirmed her opinion.

He thought she was dating Allen.

Rachel raised a brow and for a moment, Adrienne thought there would be a lecture.

The conversation was over - or so she thought.

I've never thought about it before.

I thought you were a bear.

I thought you were...

I just thought that you...

I thought maybe you were giving me the chance to say no - giving me a chance to save my pride.

You'd better give this some serious thought.

For a second she thought he was going to smile.

Who would have thought it?

Sure, and you haven't entertained a single romantic thought about him?