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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

mind en · NOUN

Pronunciation

(General-American) audio
mīnd
/mɑjnd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
/maɪnd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
/mɑend/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
/mʌɪnd/ (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English minde, munde, imynde, imunde, ȝemynde, ȝemunde, from Old English mynd, ġemynd (“mind, memory”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundi, *gamundi, from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”) (compare also mantis, via Greek), from the root *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German gimunt ("mind, memory, remembrance"; Middle High German munst (“love, benevolence, joy”)), Old Norse mynd (“image, model”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (gamunds, “remembrance, memory, mind”). Related also to Danish minde (“memory”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish minne (“memory”), Faroese and Icelandic minni (“memory, recall, recollection”), Latin mēns (“mind, reason”), Sanskrit मनस् (mánas), Ancient Greek μένος (ménos), Albanian mënd (“mind, reason”). Related to mantra. Compare also Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”). More at mint.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The capability for rational thought.
- And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […] 1576, George Whetstone, “The Ortchard of Repentance: […]”, in The Rocke of Regard, […], London: […] [H. Middleton] for Robert Waley, →OCLC; republished in J[ohn] P[ayne] Collier, editor, The Rocke of Regard, […] (Illustrations of Early English Poetry; vol. 2, no. 2), London: Privately printed, [1867?], →OCLC, page 291:
- “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.” 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever.
(countable, uncountable) The ability to be aware of things.
- There was no doubt in his mind that they would win.
(countable, uncountable) The ability to remember things.
- My mind just went blank.
(countable, uncountable) The ability to focus the thoughts.
- I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing.
(countable, uncountable) Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
- He was one of history’s greatest minds.
- I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, […] 1956, Allen Ginsberg, “Howl”, in Howl and Other Poems (Pocket Poets Series), City Lights Books, →OCLC, page 9:
- That's far from the promised land set out in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, that the railways would have a guiding mind that would be in control of the industry's finances. Businesses have what is called a profit and loss account, showing both revenue and costs, but the current situation means that the two sides of the system are in different hands - and neither is (as yet) in the hands of a 'guiding mind'. 2022 November 16, Christian Wolmar, “Can Merriman use his rail knowledge to make a difference?”, in RAIL, number 970, page 45:
(countable, uncountable) Thinking characteristic of particular group.
- Who knows what really goes through the criminal mind?
(countable, uncountable) Judgment, opinion, or view.
- He changed his mind after hearing the speech.
(countable, uncountable) Desire, inclination, or intention.
- She had a mind to go to Paris.
- I fortuned to come in, Thys rebell to behold, Whereof I hym controld; But he sayde that he wolde Agaynst my mynde and wyll In my church hawke styll. c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 64, lines 94–99:
- I have half a mind to do it myself.
- Although Miss Pross, through her long association with a French family, might have known as much of their language as of her own, if she had had a mind, she had no mind in that direction […] So her manner of marketing was to plump a noun-substantive at the head of a shopkeeper without any introduction in the nature of an article […] 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:
- I am of a mind to listen.
(countable, uncountable) A healthy mental state.
- You are losing your mind.
- I, ______ being of sound mind and body, do hereby[…]
(countable, uncountable) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
- The nature of the mind is a major topic in philosophy.
- The mind is that part of our being which thinks and wills, remembers and reasons; we know nothing of it except from these functions. 1854, Samuel Knaggs, Unsoundness of Mind Considered in Relation to the Question of Responsibility for Criminal Acts, page 19:
- Thus they dwelled for nearly a year, and in that time Robin Hood often turned over in his mind many means of making an even score with the Sheriff. 1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:
- […] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it. 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations:
(countable, uncountable) Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
- a month's [or monthly] mind; a year's mind
(uncountable) Attention, consideration or thought.
- If you get a “trolling” comment, delete it, do not respond to it, and move forward immediately without paying any further mind. 2014, Jolie O'Dell, Blogging for Photographers, page 66:
- They are the “tars” who give mind to the spreading sail, and their bold courage is the pabulum which will preserve our sea-girt isle in its vernal green to furthest posterity. 1849, Eliza Cook, Eliza Cook’s Journal,p.119, volume 1:
- Then he, having mind of Beelzebub, the god of flies, fled without a halt homewards; but, falling in the coo's loan, broke two ribs and a collar bone, the whilk misfortune was much blessed to his soul. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

Forms

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Translations (460)

gl atención (ability to be aware of things) · uk бажа́ння (desire, inclination, or intention) · el μυαλό (ability to be aware of things) · et aru (ability for rational thought) · mi hinengaro (ability to be aware of things) · gl concentración (ability to focus the thoughts) · gug anãngua (ability for rational thought) · ast concentración (ability to focus the thoughts) · ru ум (ability for rational thought) · nv bíniʼ (ability for rational thought) · ko 마음 (ability for rational thought) · mn оюун (ability for rational thought) · ar خَلَد (ability for rational thought) · et oid (ability for rational thought) · ro judecată (judgment, opinion, or view) · el λογικότητα (healthy mental state) · uz fikr (ability for rational thought) · hi मन (ability for rational thought) · el διανοούμενος (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · uk по́гляд (judgment, opinion, or view) · mn ухаан (ability for rational thought) · de Geist (ability for rational thought) · sga menmae (ability for rational thought) · fi mieli (judgment, opinion, or view) · nl geest (ability for rational thought) · th จิต (ability for rational thought) · ru то́чка зре́ния (judgment, opinion, or view) · ru па́мять (ability to remember things) · pt memória (ability to remember things) · el πνευματική υγεία (healthy mental state) · rsk ум (ability for rational thought) · ltg pruots (ability for rational thought) · fr raison (ability for rational thought) · uk зосере́дженість (ability to focus the thoughts) · haw naʻau (ability for rational thought) · bn মন (ability to be aware of things) · te వేదాంతం (philosophy: non-material substance) · sa मनस् (ability to focus the thoughts) · am አዕምሮ (ability for rational thought) · ast xixa (healthy mental state) · lv apziņa (ability to be aware of things) · got 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹 (ability for rational thought) · ru мне́ние (desire, inclination, or intention) · th จิตใจ (ability for rational thought) · fr penseur (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · el μνημονικό (ability to remember things) · es mente (desire, inclination, or intention) · bg мне́ние (judgment, opinion, or view) · la animus (ability for rational thought) · ur ذِہَن (ability for rational thought) · ain ラマ (ability for rational thought) · sv förstånd (ability for rational thought) · es juicio (judgment, opinion, or view) · sv böjelse (desire, inclination, or intention) · eu adimen (ability for rational thought) · pt concentração (ability to focus the thoughts) · ro nebun (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · nl psyche (ability for rational thought) · pjt kata (ability for rational thought) · el άποψη (judgment, opinion, or view) · pt sanidade (healthy mental state) · ast atueldu (healthy mental state) · de Bewusstsein (ability to be aware of things) · ug زېھىن (ability for rational thought) · grc νοῦς (ability for rational thought) · nl denkvermogen (ability for rational thought) · lv prāts (ability for rational thought) · el νους (ability for rational thought) · bg ум (ability for rational thought) · hi दिल (ability for rational thought) · xcl միտ (ability for rational thought) · sv intellekt (ability for rational thought) · haw manaʻo (ability for rational thought) · got 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (ability for rational thought) · sl razum (ability for rational thought) · gd aire (ability to remember things) · fr esprit (ability for rational thought) · da sind (ability for rational thought) · got 𐌰𐌷𐌰 (ability to be aware of things) · apm -́nii (ability for rational thought) · de Ansicht (judgment, opinion, or view) · ro memorie (ability to remember things) · el μνήμη (ability to remember things) · az ağıl (ability for rational thought) · lad esprito (ability for rational thought) · uk ум (ability for rational thought) · es mente (ability for rational thought) · ar عقل (ability for rational thought) · de Verlangen (desire, inclination, or intention) · es concentración (ability to focus the thoughts) · sv mening (judgment, opinion, or view) · fi mieli (ability to focus the thoughts) · mga menma (ability for rational thought) · el σύνεση (healthy mental state) · orv умъ (ability for rational thought) · tr zihin (ability for rational thought) · km គិតពិចារណាពូកែ (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · de Gedächtnis (ability to remember things) · el φρένες (healthy mental state) · eu sen (ability for rational thought) · es opinión (judgment, opinion, or view) · el νους (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · es genio (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · az rəy (judgment, opinion, or view) · ru настрое́ние (healthy mental state) · is hugur (ability for rational thought) · ast cordura (healthy mental state) · ast opinión (judgment, opinion, or view) · ar عَقْل (ability for rational thought) · ast xeniu (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · fi mieli (desire, inclination, or intention) · got 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹 (ability to be aware of things) · ru сосредото́ченность (ability to focus the thoughts) · nb konsentrasjon (ability to focus the thoughts) · el διάνοια (ability for rational thought) · apw -́niʼ (ability for rational thought) · et arvamus (judgment, opinion, or view) · et vaim (healthy mental state) · ast sencia (healthy mental state) · el μεγαλοφυία (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · br poell (ability for rational thought) · my စိတ် (ability for rational thought) · ur عَقْل (ability for rational thought) · sq mendje (ability for rational thought) · sv själ (philosophy: non-material substance) · ky акыл (ability for rational thought) · ru рассу́док (ability for rational thought) · sv snille (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · bn মন (ability to focus the thoughts) · sh ȗm (ability for rational thought) · ro concentrare (ability to focus the thoughts) · chr ᎣᏓᏅᏛ (ability for rational thought) · de Aufmerksamkeit (ability to focus the thoughts) · et meel (desire, inclination, or intention) · fr intelligence (ability for rational thought) · lt protas (ability for rational thought) · ar عَقْل (healthy mental state) · cy meddwl (ability for rational thought) · nb tenker (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · et keskendus (ability to focus the thoughts) · nb hensikt (desire, inclination, or intention) · lt aumuo (ability for rational thought) · nb minne (ability to remember things) · te మనసు (ability for rational thought) · nb ånd (philosophy: non-material substance) · az zehin (ability to remember things) · vi tinh thần (ability to be aware of things) · sh rȁzūm (ability for rational thought) · el γνώμη (judgment, opinion, or view) · sv tanke (judgment, opinion, or view) · nb intensjon (desire, inclination, or intention) · bg ра́зум (ability for rational thought) · sv minne (ability to remember things) · az fikir (judgment, opinion, or view) · cu оумъ (ability for rational thought) · uk на́мір (desire, inclination, or intention) · uk ро́зум (ability for rational thought) · nl verstand (ability for rational thought) · fi järki (ability for rational thought) · sk myslenie (ability for rational thought) · fi mieli (ability to be aware of things) · et meel (ability to be aware of things) · de Lust (desire, inclination, or intention) · es voluntad (desire, inclination, or intention) · sv avsikt (desire, inclination, or intention) · pt mente (ability to be aware of things) · uk ро́зум (philosophy: non-material substance) · sv lust (desire, inclination, or intention) · sv förmåga (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · tk akyl (ability for rational thought) · fi näkemys (judgment, opinion, or view) · gl memoria (ability to remember things) · km គំនិត (judgment, opinion, or view) · el μυαλό (ability for rational thought) · ga intinn (ability for rational thought) · fa عَقْل (ability for rational thought) · km សតិ (ability to be aware of things) · sv önskan (judgment, opinion, or view) · et taju (ability to be aware of things) · ka მეხსიერება (ability to remember things) · sv psyke (ability for rational thought) · sa मनस् (ability for rational thought) · lt omuo (ability for rational thought) · lb Verstand (ability for rational thought) · el νους (philosophy: non-material substance) · mr मन (ability for rational thought) · ain ケウトゥㇺ (ability for rational thought) · io mento (ability for rational thought) · mg saina (ability for rational thought) · ba аң (ability to be aware of things) · ro atenție (ability to be aware of things) · sc menti (ability for rational thought) · oc esperit (ability for rational thought) · bg а́къл (ability for rational thought) · tg ақл (ability for rational thought) · bn মন (ability for rational thought) · fi ajatus (ability to focus the thoughts) · haw waihona (ability for rational thought) · el κρίση (judgment, opinion, or view) · el αυτοσυγκέντρωση (ability to focus the thoughts) · ka გონება (ability for rational thought) · sv sinne (ability to be aware of things) · kum гьакъыл (ability for rational thought) · ps عقل (ability for rational thought) · gd aire (ability to be aware of things) · es pensador (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · es cordura (healthy mental state) · kmr hiş (ability for rational thought) · he שׂכל (ability for rational thought) · de Verstand (ability for rational thought) · te మనోబలము (healthy mental state) · nb forstand (healthy mental state) · te ధారణా శక్తి (ability to remember things) · rue ро́зум (ability for rational thought) · ba хәтер (ability to remember things) · oc ment (ability for rational thought) · sv medvetande (ability to be aware of things) · ba ҡараш (judgment, opinion, or view) · tr us (ability for rational thought) · yua tuukul (ability for rational thought) · te తీర్పు (judgment, opinion, or view) · fi mieli (philosophy: non-material substance) · bo སེམས (ability for rational thought) · fr mémoire (ability to remember things) · sk myseľ (ability for rational thought) · uk концентра́ція (ability to focus the thoughts) · es memoria (ability to remember things) · ru ум (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · uz zehn (ability for rational thought) · ug ئەقىل (ability for rational thought) · pl um (ability for rational thought) · ru интелле́кт (ability for rational thought) · ru ум (ability to be aware of things) · ru ра́зум (philosophy: non-material substance) · ja 心 (ability for rational thought) · haw noʻonoʻa (ability for rational thought) · apj -́nii (ability for rational thought) · cu разоумъ (ability for rational thought) · fi järki (healthy mental state) · el ιδιοσυγκρασία (desire, inclination, or intention) · got 𐌰𐌷𐌰 (ability for rational thought) · hy խելք (ability for rational thought) · ar ذِهْن (ability for rational thought) · de Meinung (judgment, opinion, or view) · fi halu (desire, inclination, or intention) · ast envís (desire, inclination, or intention) · ca ment (ability for rational thought) · ast destintu (healthy mental state) · ba зиһен (ability to be aware of things) · sv ande (philosophy: non-material substance) · fa ذِهْن (ability for rational thought) · nb bevissthet (ability to be aware of things) · ru расположе́ние духа (healthy mental state) · ast idea (desire, inclination, or intention) · sv åsikt (judgment, opinion, or view) · fi mieli (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · bn চিন্তা (ability for rational thought) · es mente (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · ba аҡыл (ability for rational thought) · vi lòng (ability for rational thought) · uk на́стрій (healthy mental state) · izh meeli (desire, inclination, or intention) · pt mente (ability for rational thought) · fi ymmärrys (ability for rational thought) · ps ذهن (ability for rational thought) · nl rede (ability for rational thought) · lv prāts (ability to be aware of things) · az yaddaş (ability to remember things) · ru наме́рение (desire, inclination, or intention) · zdj âkili (ability for rational thought) · de Genie (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · ast atoldu (healthy mental state) · ba күңел (desire, inclination, or intention) · bg намере́ние (desire, inclination, or intention) · et taip (ability for rational thought) · mk ум (ability for rational thought) · fur ment (ability for rational thought) · ka მახსოვრობა (ability to remember things) · ja 精神 (ability for rational thought) · he מוֹח (ability for rational thought) · ko 심성 (ability for rational thought) · fi lahjakkuus (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · hi ज़ेहन (ability for rational thought) · km សតិ (philosophy: non-material substance) · de Konzentration (ability to focus the thoughts) · sv håg (desire, inclination, or intention) · ang mōd (ability for rational thought) · km ចិត្ត (ability to focus the thoughts) · grc φρήν (ability for rational thought) · uz aql (ability for rational thought) · tt акыл (ability for rational thought) · cop ⲙⲉⲩⲓ (ability for rational thought) · be ро́зум (ability for rational thought) · zh 智力 (ability for rational thought) · hy բանականություն (ability for rational thought) · mi ihomatua (ability for rational thought) · et mälu (ability to remember things) · tt зиһен (ability for rational thought) · sl um (ability for rational thought) · tr akıl (ability for rational thought) · gl mente (ability for rational thought) · ms akal (ability for rational thought) · kk зерде (ability to remember things) · got 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (ability to be aware of things) · cs mysl (ability for rational thought) · fi mieli (ability for rational thought) · vi tinh thần (ability for rational thought) · pi sati (ability for rational thought) · fi mieli (ability to remember things) · ja 知性 (ability for rational thought) · et järeldusvõime (ability for rational thought) · ru жела́ние (desire, inclination, or intention) · ru взгляд (judgment, opinion, or view) · gd aire (ability for rational thought) · hi मन (ability to focus the thoughts) · hi मन (ability to be aware of things) · ast miente (ability for rational thought) · eu gogo (ability for rational thought) · et otsus (judgment, opinion, or view) · uk інтеле́кт (ability for rational thought) · vi tâm trí (ability for rational thought) · te జడ్జి (judgment, opinion, or view) · sv geni (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · ain ラマッ (ability for rational thought) · fi nero (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · sc mente (ability for rational thought) · nb intellekt (ability for rational thought) · km សតិ (ability for rational thought) · izh meeli (ability to be aware of things) · ru рассу́док (healthy mental state) · km គំនិត (desire, inclination, or intention) · pt mentalidade (judgment, opinion, or view) · kmr aqil (ability for rational thought) · ig uchè (ability for rational thought) · zu ingqondo (ability for rational thought) · su manah (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · ast miente (ability to be aware of things) · el συνείδηση (ability to be aware of things) · fi pää (ability to remember things) · nb hukommelse (ability to remember things) · nb forstand (ability for rational thought) · el διάνοια (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · lo ຈິດ (ability for rational thought) · ka ჭკუა (ability for rational thought) · sk rozum (ability for rational thought) · sh ра̏зӯм (ability for rational thought) · fr concentration (ability to focus the thoughts) · sv förstånd (healthy mental state) · yi גײַסט (ability for rational thought) · gug apytu'ũ (ability for rational thought) · sv inställning (judgment, opinion, or view) · ru ра́зум (ability for rational thought) · ja 念頭 (philosophy: non-material substance) · pl rozum (ability for rational thought) · el χαρακτήρας (desire, inclination, or intention) · el μυαλό (ability to focus the thoughts) · ast miente (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · et tahe (desire, inclination, or intention) · ota عقل (ability for rational thought) · he רוּחַ (ability for rational thought) · fi tahto (desire, inclination, or intention) · et nägemus (judgment, opinion, or view) · ota عقل (philosophy: non-material substance) · da indstilling (ability for rational thought) · es propósito (desire, inclination, or intention) · lb Geescht (ability for rational thought) · izh meeli (ability to remember things) · ro minte (ability for rational thought) · de Gedanken (ability to remember things) · te అభిప్రయము (judgment, opinion, or view) · te దిమాక్ (ability for rational thought) · nl geheugen (ability to remember things) · izh meeli (ability to focus the thoughts) · pl umysł (ability for rational thought) · pt opinião (judgment, opinion, or view) · rgn mént (ability for rational thought) · gld мурун (ability for rational thought) · ast sen (judgment, opinion, or view) · zh 精神 (ability for rational thought) · de Sinn (ability for rational thought) · fi pää (ability for rational thought) · km គំនិត (ability to remember things) · bg жела́ние (desire, inclination, or intention) · la mens (ability for rational thought) · lo ດວງຈິດ (ability for rational thought) · ast alcordancia (ability to remember things) · gd aire (ability to focus the thoughts) · ur ذِہْن (ability for rational thought) · mk разум (ability for rational thought) · el στοχαστής (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · cs rozum (ability for rational thought) · el πνεύμα (philosophy: non-material substance) · izh meeli (ability for rational thought) · rup minte (ability for rational thought) · as মন (ability for rational thought) · hu értelem (ability for rational thought) · izh meeli (judgment, opinion, or view) · el διαύγεια πνεύματος (healthy mental state) · orv розумъ (ability for rational thought) · de Zurechnungsfähigkeit (healthy mental state) · gu મન (ability for rational thought) · nb innstilling (judgment, opinion, or view) · te అభిప్రాయము (judgment, opinion, or view) · pal mānag (ability for rational thought) · et mõistus (ability for rational thought) · sh у̑м (ability for rational thought) · eo menso (ability for rational thought) · el μυαλό (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · te కోరిక (desire, inclination, or intention) · bg па́мет (ability to remember things) · bn মন (ability to remember things) · az zehin (ability for rational thought) · cjs ағыл (ability for rational thought) · ba иҫ (ability to remember things) · fr génie (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities) · da sjæl (ability for rational thought) · ru мне́ние (judgment, opinion, or view) · et hing (philosophy: non-material substance) · ga meabhair (ability for rational thought) · de Wahrnehmung (philosophy: non-material substance) · uk то́чка зо́ру (judgment, opinion, or view) · tg зеҳн (ability for rational thought) · ast xuiciu (judgment, opinion, or view) · non hugur (ability for rational thought) · uz ong (ability for rational thought) · hu elme (ability for rational thought) · zh 心智 (ability for rational thought) · ml മനസ് (ability for rational thought) · ru ра́зум (ability to be aware of things) · uk ду́мка (judgment, opinion, or 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thought) · kk ақыл (ability for rational thought) · ast memoria (ability to remember things) · it mente (ability for rational thought) · mt għaqal (ability for rational thought) · yi פֿאַרשטאַנד (ability for rational thought) · txb palsko (ability for rational thought) · hi स्मरणशक्ति (ability to remember things)

mind en · VERB

Pronunciation

(General-American) audio
mīnd
/mɑjnd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
/maɪnd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
/mɑend/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
/mʌɪnd/ (Scotland)

Etymology

Meanings

To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
- Mind to-morrow's early meeting! 1878, Robert Browning, La Saisiaz, line 70:
(regional) To remember.
- The land where I shall mind you not / Is the land where all's forgot. 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXXVII, lines 25-26
(dialectal, obsolete) To remind; put one's mind on.
- This minds me of a cobbling colonel of famous memory. 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
- Let me be punished, that have minded you Of what you should forget. c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- I shall only mind him, that the contrary supposition, if it could be proved, is of little use. 1689, John Locke, “Of True and False Ideas”, in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding:
- He minded them of the mutability of all earthly things. 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, The Sacred Theory of the Earth I desire to mind those persons of what Saint Austin hath said.
- Farewell, kind lord; fight valiantly to-day: / And yet I do thee wrong to mind thee of it, / For thou art framed of the firm truth of valour. 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
- Mind the new detour signs. If you don't mind, you'll end up running into bears in the forest.
- Here comes a spirit of his, and to torment me / For bringing wood in slowly. I'll fall flat; / Perchance he will not mind me. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
- It's the worst thing that can ever happen to you in all your life, and you've got to mind it—you've got to mind it. They'll come saying, 'Bear up—trust to time.' No, no; they're wrong. Mind it. 1907 E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, V [Uniform ed., p. 63]
- Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:16:
(imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).
- Scott: […] He can see by you stropping off you don’t want to be around him, so he’s not coming after you – but at the same time, obviously yeah he is concerned about your fuckin’ happiness and well-being. So Lee says to me, Scotty, pop along and mind she’s alright. 2010, Gary Owen, Love Steals Us from Loneliness, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 14–15:
- Mind you don't knock that glass over.
(qualifier:now rare except in phrases) To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed.
- You should mind your own business.
- Upon my coming down, I found all the Children of the Family got about my old Friend, and my Landlady herself, who is a notable prating Gossip, engaged in a Conference with him; being mightily pleased with his stroaking her little Boy upon the Head, and bidding him be a good Child and mind his Book. 1712, Joseph Addison, Spectator, No. 383 (May 20, 1710
- My lord, you nod: you do not mind the play. c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- Should you ever have a son, Sansa, beat him frequently so he learns to mind you. 2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “Sansa [Stark]”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager, →ISBN, page 68:
To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
- Would you mind my bag for me?
To be careful about.
- Bank Underground Station, London, is built on a curve, leaving a potentially dangerous gap between platform and carriage to trap the unwary. The loudspeaker voice instructs passengers to "Mind the gap": the boundary between train and platform. 2005, Gillie Bolton, Reflective Practice: Writing And Professional Development, →ISBN, page xv:
(qualifier:now obsolete outside dialect) To purpose, intend, plan.
- I mind to tell him plainly what I think. c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
- […]and if ever I refused to do his bidding or loitered or took my leisure he beat me with his feet more grievously than if I had been beaten with whips. He ceased not to signal with his hand wherever he was minded to go; so I carried him about the island, like a captive slave, and he bepissed and conskited my shoulders and back, dismounting not night nor day; and whenas he wished to sleep he wound his legs about his neck and leaned back and slept awhile, then arose and beat me; whereupon I sprang up in haste, unable to gainsay him because of the pain he inflicted on me. 1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:
(Ireland, UK) Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
- I'm not very healthy. I do eat fruit sometimes, mind.
(in the negative) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
- I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now.
- Do you mind if I smoke?

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
mindest	Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres	archaic	lexicographic
minds	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
mindedst	Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past	archaic	lexicographic
mind	Number=Plur, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
mind	VerbForm=Inf		lexicographic
mind	Mood=Sub, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
mind	Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
mind	Mood=Imp, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
mind	Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
minding	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
mindeth	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	archaic	lexicographic
minded	Number=Plur, Tense=Past		lexicographic
minded	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Past		lexicographic
minded	Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past		lexicographic
minded	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
minded	Mood=Sub, Tense=Past		lexicographic
minded	Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Past		lexicographic
minded	Tense=Past		lexicographic

Deriveds

mind how you go · would you mind putting on your seat belt · mind one's own business · mind your eye · unmind · mind one's pees and cues · mind one's pees and ques · childmind · do you mind · remind · never mind · mind you · beeswax · nevermind · never you mind · mind one's business · foremind · mind out · minder · mind one's P's and Q's · mind the store · if you don't mind me saying · don't mind if I do · shop · mind one's ps and qs · mind one's language · mind the gap · I don't mind · mind one's peas and cues

Descendants

MIND · mind

Synonyms

heed (pay attention to)

Translations (99)

bg помня (to put in mind; to remind) · ru присма́тривать (to look after, take care of) · fr prendre garde (to pay attention to, take note of) · nl letten op (to pay attention to, take note of) · sv hålla koll (på) (to look after, take care of) · uk дба́ти (to look after, take care of) · fr déranger (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · fi varoa (to be careful about) · de beachten (to pay attention to, take note of) · sv komma ihåg (to pay attention to, take note of) · ru забо́титься (to look after, take care of) · pt tomar conta (to look after, take care of) · pt importar-se (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · ga is miste le (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · ru возража́ть (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · te విభేదించు (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · fi varoa (to make sure, to take care that) · ga bí i bhfeighil (to look after, take care of) · uk догля́нути (to look after, take care of) · no bry seg om (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · sv sköta om (to look after, take care of) · la animum attendo (to pay attention to, take note of) · uk бути проти (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · de aufpassen (to look after, take care of) · es importar (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · fi haitata (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · nl iets op tegen hebben (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · ru обраща́ть внима́ние (to pay attention to, take note of) · sv sköta (to look after, take care of) · th ดูแล (to look after, take care of) · da have noget imod (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · nn sjå etter (to look after, take care of) · ga aireachasaigh (to look after, take care of) · fi huolehtia (to look after, take care of) · nn passe på (to look after, take care of) · fi aikoa (to have in mind; to intend) · zh 注意 (to pay attention to, take note of) · sv bekymra sig om (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · bg внимавам (to pay attention to, take note of) · fi huomioida (to pay attention to, take note of) · nl uitmaken (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · sv tänka (på) (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · no huske (to pay attention to, take note of) · nl passen op (to look after, take care of) · zh 注意 (to look after, take care of) · ga tabhair aire do (to look after, take care of) · sv se upp för (to pay attention to, take note of) · sv bry sig om (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · pt cuidar (to pay attention to, take note of) · fi totella (to pay attention to, take note of) · fi muistuttaa (to put in mind; to remind) · bg пазя се (to be careful about) · no passe på (to pay attention to, take note of) · ru следи́ть (to pay attention to, take note of) · ru обрати́ть внима́ние (to pay attention to, take note of) · ru возрази́ть (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · fi katsoa perään (to look after, take care of) · no ha imot (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · uk догляда́ти (to look after, take care of) · no ha noe imot (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · ro fi atent (to pay attention to, take note of) · fi katsoa (to make sure, to take care that) · crh muqayt olmaq (to pay attention to, take note of) · sv ge akt på (to pay attention to, take note of) · es molestar (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · th ถือสา (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · pt cuidar (to look after, take care of) · sv tänka på (to pay attention to, take note of) · nl aandacht schenken aan (to pay attention to, take note of) · sv ha något emot (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · ro păsa (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · sv akta på (to pay attention to, take note of) · sv ta hand om (to look after, take care of) · sv se till (to pay attention to, take note of) · nb passe på (to look after, take care of) · bg възразявам (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · eo kontraŭeti (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · de dagegen haben (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · fi keskittyä (to pay attention to, take note of) · uk ма́ти на ува́зі (to pay attention to, take note of) · bg грижа се (to look after, take care of) · pl mieć coś przeciwko (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · sv se efter (to look after, take care of) · no bry (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · es cuidar (to look after, take care of) · uk подба́ти (to look after, take care of) · el δέν μέ πειράζει (to pay attention to, take note of) · nl erg vinden (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · crh saqt olmaq (to pay attention to, take note of) · es tomar en cuenta (to pay attention to, take note of) · uk заперечувати (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · de aufpassen (to pay attention to, take note of) · sv fästa sig vid (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · zh 介意 (to dislike, object to, have a contrary opinion toward) · ru име́ть в виду́ (to pay attention to, take note of) · ru присмотре́ть (to look after, take care of) · nb se etter (to look after, take care of) · fi katsoa (to look after, take care of) · uk зверта́ти ува́гу (to pay attention to, take note of)