train of thought

English

Alternative forms

• train of thinking, train of thoughts

Pronunciation

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Noun

train of thought (plural trains of thought)

1. The flow of thinking; a sequence of ideas passing through someone’s mind.

   Synonyms: chain of thought, line of thought, thought path, thread of thought

   Near-synonym: thought process

   • 2018, Alex Turner, “One Point Perspective”, in Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, performed by Arctic Monkeys:

     Did Mr. Winter Wonderland / Say, "Come 'ere, kid, we really need to talk"? / Bear with me, man, I lost my train of thought

Translations

flow of thinking

• Bulgarian: ред на мисли m (red na misli)
• Catalan: curs dels pensaments m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 思路 (zh) (sīlù)

• Danish: tankegang c
• Dutch: gedachtegang (nl) m
• Esperanto: pensfadeno
• Finnish: ajatuskulku
• French: raisonnement (fr) m, flux de pensée m
• German: Gedankengang (de) m
• Hebrew: חוּט מַחְשָׁבָה (he) m (ẖut maẖshavá)
• Hungarian: gondolatmenet (hu)
• Italian: filo del ragionamento m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tankegang m

  Nynorsk: tankegang m

• Polish: tok myślenia m
• Portuguese: fio da meada (pt) m
• Russian: ход мы́слей m (xod mýslej)
• Spanish: tren de pensamiento, ilación (es) f, congruencia f, congruidad f
• Swedish: tankegång (sv) c
• Ukrainian: хід думок m (xid dumok)

See also

• stream of consciousness