mind
mind - English
Pronunciation
- enPR: mīnd, IPA: /maɪnd/
- Homophone: mined
Noun
mind (countable and uncountable, plural minds)
- The capability 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.
- I have half a mind to do it myself.
- I am of a mind to listen.
- A healthy mental state.
- I, ______ being of sound mind and body, do hereby […]
- You are losing your mind.
- (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.
- 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.
Synonyms
- (ability for rational thought): brain(s), head, intellect, intelligence, nous, psyche, reason, wit; See also intelligence
- (ability to be aware of things): awareness, consciousness, sentience; See also awareness
- (ability to remember things): memory, recollection; See also recollection
- (ability to focus the thoughts): attention, concentration, focus
- (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities): genius, intellectual, thinker; See also genius
- (judgment, opinion, or view): judgment, judgement, idea, opinion, view; See also judgement
- (desire, inclination, or intention): desire, disposition, idea, inclination, intention, mood; See also desire or intention
- (healthy mental state): sanity; See also sanity
- (process of): cognition, learning
Derived terms
Compound words derived from "mind" (noun)
- absent-minded
- aftermind
- amind
- badmind
- bemind
- beminded
- bodymind
- childmind
- close-mindedly
- closed-mindedly
- double-minded
- enmind
- foremind
- good-minded
- groupmind
- hivemind
- lack-mind
- like-minded
- mastermind
- megamind
- mind-altering
- mind-bending
- mind-blowing
- mind-body
- mind-boggler
- mind-boggling
- mind-frying
- mind-fuckery
- mind-numbing
- mind-read
- mind-reader
- mind-reading
- mindbender
- mindblow
- mindblower
- mindblown
- mindboggling
- mindbogglingly
- minder
- mindflow
- mindfuck
- mindfuckery
- mindful
- mindgasm
- mindhood
- mindism
- mindist
- mindless
- mindlike
- mindlock
- mindly
- mindpower
- mindread
- mindscape
- mindscrew
- mindset
- mindshare
- mindsight
- mindstate
- mindstep
- mindstream
- mindstyle
- mindswap
- mindswapping
- mindtool
- mindware
- mindwipe
- nethermind
- not pay any mind
- of a mind
- off-minded
- one track mind
- out of sight is out of mind
- overmind
- pay no mind
- right-minded
- same-minded
- submind
- supermind
- the mind boggles
- times out of mind
- top-of-mind
- top-of-mind awareness
- undermind
- ur-mind
- what's on your mind
Expressions derived from "mind" (noun)
- absence of mind
- a contented mind is a perpetual feast
- a mind is a terrible thing to waste
- back of one's mind
- bad mind
- bear in mind
- be of one mind
- bicameral mind
- big mind
- blow someone's mind
- bored out of one's mind
- breadth of mind
- bring to mind
- call to mind
- change of mind
- change one's mind
- change someone's mind
- come to mind
- cross someone's mind
- ease one's mind
- frame of mind
- give someone a piece of one's mind
- great minds think alike
- habit of mind
- half a mind
- have a mind like a sieve
- have a mind of one's own
- have a mind to
- have in mind
- have one's mind about one
- hive mind
- in mind
- in one's right mind
- in two minds
- Jedi mind trick
- keep in mind
- know one's mind
- know one's own mind
- leap to mind
- lose one's mind
- make up one's mind
- meeting of the minds
- mind bleach
- mind boggler
- mind boggling
- mind candy
- mind control
- mind fuck
- mind game
- mind like a sieve
- mind like a steel trap
- mind map
- mind mapper
- mind meld
- mind over matter
- mind palace
- mind rape
- mind reader
- mind reading
- mind rhyme
- mind's ear
- mind's eye
- mind share
- month's mind
- of two minds
- one-track mind
- on one's mind
- on someone's mind
- open mind
- open one's mind
- out of one's cotton-picking mind
- out of one's mind
- out of sight, out of mind
- peace of mind
- philosophy of mind
- presence of mind
- put one's mind to it
- put out of one's mind
- put someone in mind of
- reactive mind
- read someone's mind
- slip someone's mind
- speak one's mind
- spring to mind
- state of mind
- theory of mind
- time out of mind
- to my mind
- top of mind
- top of mind awareness
- universal mind
- year's mind
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Verb
mind (third-person singular simple present minds, present participle minding, simple past and past participle minded)
- To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
- (now regional) To remember.
- (obsolete or dialectal) To remind; put one's mind on.
- To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
- To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
- (chiefly imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).
- Mind you don't knock that glass over.
- (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.
- 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.
- (now obsolete outside dialect) To purpose, intend, plan.
- (UK, Ireland) Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
- I'm not very healthy. I do eat fruit sometimes, mind.
- (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
- I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now.
- Do you mind if I smoke?
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (remember): See also remember
- (dislike): See also dislike
- (pay attention to): heed; See also pay attention
- (look after): See also care
Derived terms
Compound words derived from "mind" (verb)
Expressions derived from "mind" (verb)
- don't mind if I do
- do you mind
- if you don't mind me saying
- mind how you go
- mind one's business
- mind one's language
- mind one's own business/beeswax
- mind one's peas and cues
- mind one's pees and cues
- mind one's pees and ques
- mind one's P's and Q's
- mind one's ps and qs
- mind out
- mind the gap
- mind the store/shop
- mind you
- mind your eye
- never mind
- never you mind
- would you mind putting on your seat belt
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mind - Chinese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maai1
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maai1
- Yale: māai
- Cantonese Pinyin: maai1
- Guangdong Romanization: mai1
- Sinological IPA : /maːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
mind
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to mind; to care about
mind - Danish
Verb
mind
- imperative of minde
mind - Estonian
Pronoun
mind
- partitive singular of mina
mind - Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈmind]
Pronoun
mind
- all of it, all of them, each of them (grammatically singular)
- Synonyms: mindegyikük, mindegyik, az összes
- Mind(et) megettem. ― I ate all of it.
- A fogaim nem jók, de még mind megvan. ― My teeth are not perfect, but I still have all of them.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | mind | — |
| accusative | mindet | — |
| dative | mindnek | — |
| instrumental | minddel | — |
| causal-final | mindért | — |
| translative | minddé | — |
| terminative | mindig | — |
| essive-formal | mindként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | mindben | — |
| superessive | minden | — |
| adessive | mindnél | — |
| illative | mindbe | — |
| sublative | mindre | — |
| allative | mindhez | — |
| elative | mindből | — |
| delative | mindről | — |
| ablative | mindtől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | mindé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | mindéi | — |
Some of its possessive forms (single possession with plural possessor) are possible in the partitive sense (“all of us/you/them”):
| Possessive forms of mind | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | — | — |
| 2nd person sing. | — | — |
| 3rd person sing. | — | — |
| 1st person plural | mindünk / mindőnk | — |
| 2nd person plural | mindőtök | — |
| 3rd person plural | mindük | — |
(See also a list of partitive pronoun forms.) The possessive sense can be expressed with minden.
Adverb
mind (not comparable)
- with everyone, all (usually of persons)
- Synonyms: mindnyájan, mindannyian
- Mind összegyűltek a ház előtt. ― They all gathered in front of the house.
- (formal) increasingly (used with comparative form)
- Synonym: egyre
- Mind nagyobb igény van erre a szolgáltatásra. ― There is more and more demand for this service.
- (up) until…, up to… (used with -ig; not (until) sooner than a given point in time)
Derived terms
Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
Expressions
Conjunction
mind
- (formal) both... and..., as well as
- mind a magánéletben, mind a munkában ― both in private life and in work
- Synonym: is
mind - Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mʲin͈d/
Noun
mind n (nominative plural mind)
Inflection
The genitive of this term is unexpectedly poorly attested. Its genitive plural mind is akin to a neuter o-stem, leading to DIL listing it as such. Unlike most u-stems, the declension never has the stem vowel i lowering to e even where it is expected.
| Neuter u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | mindN | mindL | mindL, minda |
| Vocative | mindN | mindL | mind |
| Accusative | mindN | mindL | mind |
| Genitive | mindoH, mindaH | mindoN, mindaN | mindN |
| Dative | mindL | mindaib | mindaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: mionn
- Scottish Gaelic: mionn
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| mind also mmind after a proclitic | mind pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
mind - Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mɑend/
Noun
mind (plural minds)
Verb
mind (third-person singular simple present minds, present participle mindin, simple past mindit, past participle mindit)