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TRAIN OF THOUGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
Example:
he lost the thread of his argument
Synonyms:
thread; train of thought
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("train 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:
She was subtly perturbed by it, and more than once, though she knew not why, it disrupted her train of thought with its delicious intrusion and compelled her to grope for the remainder of ideas partly uttered.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
