mind

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English - Etymology

From Middle English minde, munde, ȝemunde, from Old English mynd, ġemynd (“memory, remembrance; memorial, record; act of commemoration; thought, purpose; consciousness, mind, intellect”), from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German gimunt (“mind, memory”), Danish minde (“memory”), Icelandic minni (“memory, recall, recollection”), Gothic

English - Pronunciation

enPR: mīnd, IPA^(key): /maɪnd/
Rhymes: -aɪnd
Homophone: mined

English - Noun

MIND (_plural_ MINDS) * The ability for rational thought. _Despite advancing age, his MIND was still as sharp as ever._ * The ability to be aware of things. _There was no doubt in his MIND that they would win._ * The ability to remember things. _My MIND just went blank._ * The ability to focus the thoughts. _I can’t keep my MIND on what I’m doing._ * Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities. _He was one of history’s greatest MINDS._ * Judgment, opinion, or view. _He changed his MIND after hearing the speech._ * Desire, inclination, or intention. _She had a MIND to go to Paris.; a MIND to the madness_ * A healthy mental state. _I, ______ being of sound MIND and body, do hereby […]_ _You are losing your MIND._ * 1915, Emerson Hough, _The Purchase Price_, chapterI: “[…] 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.” * (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based. _The MIND is a process of the brain._ * 1699, William Temple, _Heads designed for an essay on conversations_ 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. * 1854, Samuel Knaggs, _Unsoundness of Mind Considered in Relation to the Question of Responsibility for Criminal Acts_, p.19: The MIND is that part of our being which thinks and wills, remembers and reasons; we know nothing of it except from these functions. * 1883, Howard Pyle, _The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood_ Chapter V 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. SYNONYMS * (ability for rational thought): brain, head, intellect, intelligence, nous, psyche, reason, wit * (ability to be aware of things): awareness, consciousness, sentience * (ability to remember things): memory, recollection * (ability to focus the thoughts): attention, concentration, focus * (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities): genius, intellectual, thinker * (judgment, opinion, or view): judgment, judgement, idea, opinion, view * (desire, inclination, or intention): desire, disposition, idea, inclination, intention, mood * (healthy mental state): sanity * (_process of_): cognition, learning DERIVED TERMS TRANSLATIONS

mind (plural minds)

The ability for rational thought.

Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever.
The ability to be aware of things.

There was no doubt in his mind that they would win.
The ability to remember things.

My mind just went blank.
The ability to focus the thoughts.

I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing.
Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.

He was one of history’s greatest minds.
Judgment, opinion, or view.

He changed his mind after hearing the speech.
Desire, inclination, or intention.

She had a mind to go to Paris.; a mind to the madness
A healthy mental state.

I, ______ being of sound mind and body, do hereby […]

You are losing your mind.
- 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI:
  
  “[…] 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.”
(philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.

The mind is a process of the brain.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
  
  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.
- 1854, Samuel Knaggs, Unsoundness of Mind Considered in Relation to the Question of Responsibility for Criminal Acts, p.19:
  
  The mind is that part of our being which thinks and wills, remembers and reasons; we know nothing of it except from these functions.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
  
  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.

Synonyms

(ability for rational thought): brain, head, intellect, intelligence, nous, psyche, reason, wit
(ability to be aware of things): awareness, consciousness, sentience
(ability to remember things): memory, recollection
(ability to focus the thoughts): attention, concentration, focus
(somebody that embodies certain mental qualities): genius, intellectual, thinker
(judgment, opinion, or view): judgment, judgement, idea, opinion, view
(desire, inclination, or intention): desire, disposition, idea, inclination, intention, mood
(healthy mental state): sanity
(process of): cognition, learning

Derived terms

Translations

English - See Also

Mind on Wikipedia.en.Wikipedia

English - Verb

MIND (_third-person singular simple present_ MINDS, _present participle_ MINDING, _simple past and past participle_ MINDED) * (now regional) To remember. [from 14th c.] * 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXXVII, lines 25-26: The land where I shall MIND you not / Is the land where all's forgot. * (now rare except in phrases) To concern oneself with, to pay attention to. [from 15th c.] _You should MIND your own business._ * Addison bidding him be a good child, and MIND his book * (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by. [from 16th c.] _I wouldn't MIND an ice cream right now._ * (now chiefly Canada, US, Ireland) To pay attention to; to listen attentively to, to obey. [from 16th c.] * 2000, George RR Martin, _A Storm of Swords_, Bantam 2011, page 84: ‘Should you ever have a son, Sansa, beat him frequently so he learns to MIND you.’ * To pay attention to (something); to keep one's mind on. * Shakespeare My lord, you nod: you do not MIND the play. * To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time. [from 17th c.] _Would you MIND my bag for me?_ * (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (_that_). [from 17th c.] _MIND you don't knock that glass over._ * To be careful about. [from 18th c.] * 2005, Gillie Bolton, _Reflective Practice: Writing And Professional Development_, ISBN 9781848602120, page xv: 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. * (obsolete) To have in mind; to intend. * Shakespeare I MIND to tell him plainly what I think. (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaconsfield to this entry?) * (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind. * Fuller He MINDED them of the mutability of all earthly things. (Can we find and add a quotation of M. Arnold to this entry?) * Shakespeare I do thee wrong to MIND thee of it. DERIVED TERMS TRANSLATIONS

mind (third-person singular simple present minds, present participle minding, simple past and past participle minded)