How to pronounce thought and use it in English

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the thought never entered my mind
she paused for thought
19th century thought

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food for thought

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Thoughts* on how to pronounce thought

Thought is one of the many hard to pronounce words that contain the letter combination 'ough.' Watch out because there is no real pattern in picking which of the seven pronunciations that are available for the combination.

*These are free thoughts on the pronunciation of thought, and they will likely evolve overtime. They are typically informal and may use different a phonetic pronunciation alphabet from time to time.

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