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thought
English
Alternative forms
- thowt (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English thought, itho?t, from Old English þ?ht, ?eþ?ht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *gaþanht? (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”). Cognate with Scots thocht (“thought”), Saterland Frisian Toacht (“thought”), West Frisian dacht (“attention, regard, thought”), Dutch gedachte (“thought”), German Andacht (“reverence, devotion, prayer”), Icelandic þóttur (“thought”). Related to thank.
Pronunciation
- enPR: thôt
- (UK) IPA(key): /???t/
- Rhymes: -??t
- (US) IPA(key): /??t/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /??t/
- (Inland Northern American) IPA(key): /??t/
- Homophone: thot (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Noun
thought (countable and uncountable, plural thoughts)
- (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.
- a. 1983', Paul Fix (attributed quote)
- The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.
- a. 1983', Paul Fix (attributed quote)
- (uncountable) A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
- (uncountable, now dialectal) Anxiety, distress.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
thought
- simple past tense and past participle of think
Middle English
Alternative forms
- thoughte, thougt, thouhte, thoute
- thogt, thohte, thogh
Etymology
From Old English þ?ht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?xt/, /??u?xt/
Noun
thought (plural thoughtes)
- product of mental activity
Descendants
- English: thought
- Scots: thocht
- Yola: thaugkt
References
- “thought, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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intention
English
Alternative forms
- entention (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French intention, entention, from Old French entencion, from Latin intentio, intentionem. Compare intent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?t?n??n/
- Hyphenation: in?ten?tion
- Rhymes: -?n??n
- Homophone: intension
Noun
intention (countable and uncountable, plural intentions)
- The goal or purpose behind a specific action or set of actions.
- a. 1784, attributed to Samuel Johnson
- Hell is paved with good intentions.
- “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
- a. 1784, attributed to Samuel Johnson
- (obsolete) Tension; straining, stretching.
- , I.iii.3:
- cold in those inner parts, cold belly, and hot liver, causeth crudity, and intention proceeds from perturbations […].
- , I.iii.3:
- A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object or a purpose (an intent); closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
- it is attention : when the mind with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea, considers it on all sides, and will not be called off by the ordinary solicitation of other ideas, it is that we call intention or study
- (obsolete) The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
- 1732, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Ailments …, Prop. II, p.159:
- In a Word, the most part of chronical Distempers proceed from Laxity of Fibres; in which Case the principal Intention is to restore the Tone of the solid Parts; […].
- 1732, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Ailments …, Prop. II, p.159:
- (obsolete) Any mental apprehension of an object.
- (medicine) The process of the healing of a wound.
- 2007, Carie Ann Braun, Cindy Miller Anderson, Pathophysiology: Functional Alterations in Human Health, p.49:
- When healing occurs by primary intention, the wound is basically closed with all areas of the wound connecting and healing simultaneously.
- 2007, Carie Ann Braun, Cindy Miller Anderson, Pathophysiology: Functional Alterations in Human Health, p.49:
Synonyms
- (purpose behind a specific action): See also Thesaurus:intention
Derived terms
- counter-intention
- intentional
- secondary intention
- the road to hell is paved with good intentions
- well-intentioned
Related terms
- intend
- intent
- well-intended
Translations
Verb
intention (third-person singular simple present intentions, present participle intentioning, simple past and past participle intentioned)
- Intend
Translations
References
- intention at OneLook Dictionary Search
- intention in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Finnish
Noun
intention
- Genitive singular form of intentio.
French
Etymology
From Middle French entention, from Old French entencion, borrowed from Latin intenti?, intenti?nem. Respelled intention in Middle French to more closely match the Classical Latin form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.t??.sj??/
Noun
intention f (plural intentions)
- intention
Derived terms
Further reading
- “intention” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Noun
intention f (plural intentions)
- Alternative form of entention
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