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thought-out

[ thawt-out ]

/ ˈθɔtˈaʊt /

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adjective

produced by or showing the results of much thought: a carefully thought-out argument.

Origin of thought-out

First recorded in 1865–70

OTHER WORDS FROM thought-out

well-thought-out, adjective

Words nearby thought-out

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Example sentences from the Web for thought-out

Usually, however, some manipulation of the trial and error sort is needed before the thought-out solution will work perfectly.

Psychology |Robert S. Woodworth
I was upsetting, at the very moment of starting, his thought-out arrangements.

A Padre in France |George A. Birmingham
For at once he dropped his own thought-out plans, and did as he was bid.

Quiet Talks with World Winners |S. D. Gordon
It is a tendency that sways them, not a thought-out scheme of the way to live.

Change in the Village |(AKA George Bourne) George Sturt

The sgal or story is something much more intricate, complicated, and thought-out than the belief.

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries |W. Y. Evans Wentz

British Dictionary definitions for thought-out

thought-out

adjective

conceived and developed in the manner specified a well thought-out scheme