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change one's mind en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To decide differently than one had decided before.
   • What about the love we made so sweet? / Arе you sure you wanna go? (Are you sure?) / Think about it, baby, bеcause I know / I know that you wanna, you wanna change your mind 1982, Johnnie Taylor, “What About My Love”, in Just Ain't Good Enough:
   • I’m looking for the ladies in this frantic sea But then I change my mind and I fall in love with me 2025 July 19, Pacifik, “Semicherubino”, in Wonderfool, performed by Pacifik:
   • So don’t necessarily assume that something has changed if I appear to have changed my mind, sometimes my mind is all that’s changed. 2006 Baggs, Amanda, Changes in Self-Awareness Over Time, Disclaimer on Assumptions, [http://] ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?page_id=294 May 2006
   • Of course, I was not always right. I questioned the value of Crossrail (a scheme revived by Prescott after being scrapped by the Conservatives), suggesting wrongly that it may be "doomed to hit the buffers" […]. A dozen years later, I published my book on it, extolling the line's wonders. We are all allowed to change our minds. 2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 61:

Forms

Relateds

think better of · change of mind · change someone's mind · close one's mind · change of heart · make up one's mind · prevaricate · hearts and minds · have second thoughts

Synonyms

budge · backtrack

Translations (79)

bg разми́сля (to decide differently than one had decided before) · is hringla með (to decide differently than one had decided before) · az fikrini dəyişmək (to decide differently than one had decided before) · be пераду́мваць (to decide differently than one had decided before) · vi đổi ý (to decide differently than one had decided before) · fr changer d'avis (to decide differently than one had decided before) · grc μεταμέλομαι (to decide differently than one had decided before) · pl zmieniać zdanie (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ja 気が変わる (to decide differently than one had decided before) · is sjá sig um hönd (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ro răzgândi (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ru переду́мать (to decide differently than one had decided before) · it cambiare idea (to decide differently than one had decided before) · uk переду́мувати (to decide differently than one had decided before) · fr se raviser (to decide differently than one had decided before) · de sich umentscheiden (to decide differently than one had decided before) · cmn 變卦 /变卦 (to decide differently than one had decided before) · nl van gedachten veranderen (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ca canviar d'opinió (to decide differently than one had decided before) · es cambiar de opinión (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ko 의견을 바꾸다 (to decide differently than one had decided before) · nn venda hugen (to decide differently than one had decided before) · es arrepentirse (to decide differently than one had decided before) · gl acordar (to decide differently than one had decided before) · fi muuttaa mielensä (to decide differently than one had decided before) · nb skifte mening (to decide differently than one had decided before) · es cambiar de idea (to decide differently than one had decided before) · de es sich anders überlegen (to decide differently than one had decided before) · be разду́маць (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ja 思い直す (to decide differently than one had decided before) · sv ändra mening (to decide differently than one had decided before) · lt persigalvoti (to decide differently than one had decided before) · th เปลี่ยนใจ (to decide differently than one had decided before) · cs změnit názor (to decide differently than one had decided before) · cmn 改變主意 /改变主意 (to decide differently than one had decided before) · es mudar de parecer (to decide differently than one had decided before) · eo decidi alie (to decide differently than one had decided before) · gl trasacordar (to decide differently than one had decided before) · be пераду́маць (to decide differently than one had decided before) · sk zmeniť názor (to decide differently than one had decided before) · pl zmienić zdanie (to decide differently than one had decided before) · pt mudar de ideia (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ru разду́мать (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ko 생각을 바꾸다 (to decide differently than one had decided before) · pl rozmyślić się (to decide differently than one had decided before) · pl rozmyślać się (to decide differently than one had decided before) · tr fikrini değiştirmek (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ru разду́мывать (to decide differently than one had decided before) · nv ánéísįįh (to decide differently than one had decided before) · nb endre oppfatning (to decide differently than one had decided before) · uk розду́мати (to decide differently than one had decided before) · cs rozmyslit se (to decide differently than one had decided before) · et meelt muutma (to decide differently than one had decided before) · uk переду́мати (to decide differently than one had decided before) · sv ändra sig (to decide differently than one had decided before) · da ombestemme sig (to decide differently than one had decided before) · de seine Meinung ändern (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ca repensar-s'hi (to decide differently than one had decided before) · he שִׁנָּה אֶת דַּעֲתוֹ (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ru переду́мывать (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ga intinn a athrú (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ko 고쳐 생각하다 (to decide differently than one had decided before) · nb ombestemme seg (to decide differently than one had decided before) · hy միտքը փոխել (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ko 결심을 바꾸다 (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ar غَيَّرَ رَأْيَهُ (to decide differently than one had decided before) · be разду́мваць (to decide differently than one had decided before) · sv ändra åsikt (to decide differently than one had decided before) · mi kihirua (to decide differently than one had decided before) · vi thay đổi ý định (to decide differently than one had decided before) · fi muuttaa mieltään (to decide differently than one had decided before) · ko 마음을 바꾸다 (to decide differently than one had decided before) · la sententiam muto (to decide differently than one had decided before) · eo ŝanĝi sian opinion (to decide differently than one had decided before) · kk айну (to decide differently than one had decided before) · hu meggondolja magát (to decide differently than one had decided before) · bg разми́слям (to decide differently than one had decided before) · sk rozmyslieť sa (to decide differently than one had decided before) · nl zich bedenken (to decide differently than one had decided before)