thought

«thought» in Mova's school dictionary: the past of think: «I thought it was Monday.» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a thought, thoughts; thought — uncountable thinking); verb form (past and past participle of think: think, thinks, thought, thinking)

meaning for a pupil

1) Thought is the past of think: «I thought it was Monday.» tree →

2) A thought is an idea or opinion that comes into your mind. tree →

3) Thought means the act or power of thinking, or careful thinking: give it some thought. tree →

4) «A kind thought» means a caring idea, like thinking of someone. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, «thought» appears constantly: «I thought the answer was 12», «a thought bubble» in comics, «food for thought». In writing lessons, characters' thoughts show what they feel inside. In everyday manners, «It's the thought that counts» means a present matters for the kindness behind it, not its price. Phrases: I thought so, on second thought(s), deep in thought, food for thought, lost in thought, the thought of.

examples

• I thought it would rain, but it was sunny. tree →
• A sudden thought came into my head. tree →
• She was deep in thought and didn't hear me. tree →
• Give the problem some careful thought. tree →
• It's the thought that counts. tree →
• On second thoughts, I'll have the apple. tree →
• The thought of the exam made me nervous. tree →
• In the comic, the cat's thoughts are in a cloud-shaped bubble. tree →
• But then would follow brighter thoughts: tree →

note

Irregular verb: think, thought, thought — never «thinked». Spelling trap: «thought» (from think) vs «taught» (from teach) vs «though» (although) vs «through». Pronounced «thawt».

In the corpora

• Reading-log comments are meant to show what you thought, so copied ones are pointless.
• The aye-aye's teeth keep growing like a rodent's, so scientists first thought it was a kind of squirrel.
• People once thought germs in the Komodo dragon's mouth killed its prey, but scientists found it has venom glands in its jaw.
• Jonathan, a giant tortoise on St Helena who hatched around 1832, is thought to be the oldest known living land animal.
• Octopuses are thought to be colour-blind, yet they match their background so well that scientists still argue about how.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «thought» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.