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mindful en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈmaɪnd.fl̩/
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Etymology

From Middle English myndeful, myndefull, from Old English ġemyndful (“of good memory”), equivalent to mind + -ful.

Meanings

1. aware (of something); attentive, heedful.
   • Alex McLeish, perhaps mindful of the flak he has been taking from sections of the Villa support for a perceived negative style of play, handed starts to wingers Charles N'Zogbia and Albrighton. 2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC Sport:
2. Of or pertaining to mindfulness; sustaining meta-attention of the contents of one's own mind in the present moment.
   • I think being mindful may help you to appreciate life more.
3. (obsolete) Inclined (to do something).
   • These noble warriors, mindefull to pursew / The last daies purpose of their vowed fight, / Them selves thereto preparde in order dew […]. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

seat-of-the-pants · absent-minded · mindless · unmindful

Deriveds

mindfulness · unmindful · mindfully

Descendants

mindful

Translations (14)

pl pomny (attentive, heedful) · cs dbalý (attentive, heedful) · es consciente (Being aware (of something)) · de eingedenk (attentive, heedful) · it consapevole (Being aware (of something)) · es tener presente (en la mente) (Being aware (of something)) · ar مُنْتَبِه (attentive, heedful) · bg внимателен (attentive, heedful) · es cognoscitivo (Being aware (of something)) · es cognoscente (Being aware (of something)) · ang ġemyndiġ (Being aware (of something)) · cs pamětlivý (attentive, heedful) · es tener en cuenta (Being aware (of something)) · fr conscient (Being aware (of something))

mindful en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈmaɪnd.fl̩/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From mind + -ful.

Meanings

1. As much as can be held in one's mind at a time.
   • A sketch can hold several mindfuls, allowing designers to see far more than they can imagine, allowing designers to integrate mindfuls. 2014, Toshiharu Taura, Principia Designae - Pre-Design, Design, and Post-Design:
   • A work of art may exceed a 'mindful' – whatever it is that can be accommodated within a mind at a given time – and may have to be regarded as a series of mindfuls. 1995, R. Tallis, Newton's Sleep: The Two Cultures and the Two Kingdoms:
   • So, whereas mouthfuls and servings are the units of fullness, mindfuls and savorings are the units of mind-fullness. 2008, Pavel G Somov, Eating the Moment:

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