thought

English

/θɔːt/, /θɔt/, /θɑt/, /θɒt/

noun
Definitions
  • (countable) Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
  • (uncountable) The operation by which such forms arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
  • (uncountable) A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English thought inherited from Old English þōht inherited from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (dip, think, soak, feel, know, moisten, wet).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*teng-

Gloss

dip, think, soak, feel, know, moisten, wet

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

知

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