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LINE OF THOUGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does line of thought mean? 

LINE OF THOUGHT (noun)
  The noun LINE OF THOUGHT has 1 sense:

1. a particular way of thinking that is characteristic of some individual or groupplay

  Familiarity information: LINE OF THOUGHT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LINE OF THOUGHT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A particular way of thinking that is characteristic of some individual or group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("line of thought" is a kind of...):

cerebration; intellection; mentation; thinking; thought; thought process (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully)


 Context examples 


His eager face still wore that expression of intense and high-strung energy, which showed me that some novel and suggestive circumstance had opened up a stimulating line of thought.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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