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(n)
A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
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The capability for rational thought.
The process of making an estimate.
(uncountable, countable) The act, process or result of approximating, as:
A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.
(music) melodic subject of a musical composition
An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
(adj)
Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.
That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
A pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.
Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
A goal that is striven for.
A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
A way of thinking; an attitude or opinion, especially a habitual one.
A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
(fandom slang) A short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or celebrity.
The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
visualized, conceived, imagined
(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.
A session of brainstorming, investigating a problem to try to find solutions.
The state or quality of being aware of something.
Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
(uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of realization. [The act of realizing, as:]
(semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word, word group, sign, or symbol; especially, a dictionary definition.
A small dot or mark.
Something actual as opposed to invented.
(informal) A creation of one's brain; an original idea or innovation of a person or group of people, an organization, etc.
An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.
Of or pertaining to one or more ideologies.
The soul of a person or other creature.
A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
Knowledge; the state of knowing. (Now confined to the fixed phrase in the know.)
Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
A fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
(countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
Thought; verbal noun of think.
The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).
The act of presenting, or something presented.
(uncountable) The act of creating something.
(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
Power of acute observation and deduction
Something invented.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
(uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
A course of action that a person intends to follow.
(countable) A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
(v)
(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.
Something that is intended.
The end for which something is done, is made or exists.
Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
A clue.
A brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.
A systematic plan of future action.
The act or process of introducing.
The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
A suggestion or proposal about the best course of action (with adpositions including "about" for the context and "to" for the course of action)
One of a set of choices that can be made.
The act of seeing or looking at something.
A beginning; a first move.
An angle, outlook or point of view.
The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference.
(figuratively) The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.
A taste beforehand.
The imagination.
A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
A result that one is attempting to achieve.
(chiefly US, slang) A feeling; an emotion.
A place or location.
Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
A general thought, feeling, or sense.
British standard spelling of favor.
(chiefly Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of judgment. [The act of judging.]