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For the verb: "to think"

Simple Past:	thought
Past Participle:	thought

Multiple Entries:
thought think

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
thought1

▶noun

1 an idea or opinion produced by thinking or occurring suddenly in the mind.
■ (one's thoughts) one's mind or attention.

■ an act of considering or remembering.

2 the action or process of thinking.
■ careful consideration or attention.

3 the formation of opinions, especially as a philosophy or system of ideas, or the opinions so formed.

– phrases
a second thought [with neg.] more than the slightest consideration.
a thought dated to a small extent.

– origin OE thōht, of Gmc origin; rel. to think.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
thought2

past and past participle of think.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
think/θɪŋk/

▶verb (past and past part. thought)

1 have a particular opinion, belief, or idea about someone or something.

2 use one's mind actively to form connected ideas about someone or something.
■ have a particular mental attitude.

■ (think of/about) take into account or consideration.

■ (think of/about) consider the possibility or advantages of.

■ (think of) call to mind.

3 (think of) have a specified opinion of.

▶noun informal an act of thinking.

– phrases
have (got) another think coming informal used to express disagreement.
think aloud express one's thoughts as they occur.
think better of decide not to do (something) after reconsideration.
think nothing of consider (an activity others regard as odd, wrong, or difficult) as straightforward or normal.
think twice consider a course of action carefully before embarking on it.

– phrasal verbs
think back recall a past event or time.
think on dialect & N. Amer. think of or about.
think something out (or through) consider something in all its aspects before taking action.
think something over consider something carefully.
think something up informal invent or devise something.

– derivatives
thinkable adjective,
thinker noun.

– origin OE thencan, of Gmc origin.

'thought' also found in these Oxford entries:

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