Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“thoughts” is a form of

thought

/θɔːt/ noun

Also a form of think

Forms thoughts thowt thaught thot

  1. noun (countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking. “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
  2. noun (uncountable) The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished. “Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.”
  3. noun (countable) A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation, region or idea). “Traditional eastern thought differs markedly from that of the west.”
  4. noun (uncountable, now dialectal) Anxiety, distress.
  5. noun (uncountable) The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation. “After much thought, I have decided to stay.”
  6. noun A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.

Synonyms

thinking cogitation contemplation deliberation mulling musing pondering meditation reflection rethinking reconsideration rumination idea thought process cerebration intellection mentation opinion sentiment persuasion view

Etymology

From Middle English thought, ithoȝt, from Old English þōht, ġeþōht, from Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *gaþanhtą (“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, think.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.
  2. noun Meditation; serious consideration.

Etymology [OE. þoght, þouht, AS. þoht, geþoht, fr. þencean to think; akin to D. gedachte thought, MHG. daht, gedaht, Icel. þottr, þotti. See Think.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “thought”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “thought” (best matches first).

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