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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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mindfulness
English
Etymology
mindful +? -ness
Noun
mindfulness (countable and uncountable, plural mindfulnesses)
- Awareness.
- Inclination to be mindful or aware.
- (Buddhism, psychology) Paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.
- A form of secular meditation practice with roots in Buddhist meditation.
Antonyms
- mindlessness
Translations
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English mindfulness.
Noun
mindfulness f (invariable)
- (psychology, neologism) mindfulness
Spanish
Noun
mindfulness m (uncountable)
- mindfulness
mindfulness From the web:
- what mindfulness means
- what mindfulness is not
- what mindfulness does to the brain
- what mindfulness skills
- what mindfulness does to your brain
- what mindfulness is and isn't
- what mindfulness means to me
- what mindfulness can do for a team
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