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| mind [ mīnd ] |
noun (plural minds) |
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1. seat of thought and memory: the center of consciousness that generates thoughts, feelings, ideas, and perceptions, and stores knowledge and memories
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2. thinking capacity: the capacity to think, understand, and reason
  has a logical mind
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3. concentration: concentration, or the ability to concentrate
My mind was wandering.
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4. way of thinking: an opinion or personal way of thinking about something
I've changed my mind about going with you.
Have you made up your mind about the job offer yet?
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5. state of thought or feeling: the state of thought or feeling that is regarded as usual or desirable
felt I was going out of my mind
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6. desire: the desire or intention to act or behave in a particular way
After such insults, I had a mind to leave right then.
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7. intellectual person: somebody considered in terms of his or her intellect or intelligence
Einstein was one of the greatest minds of the modern era.
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8. thinking characteristic of particular group: a pattern of thinking or feeling characteristic of a particular group
Who knows what goes through the criminal mind?
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9. philosophy nonmaterial things: in the philosophy of Descartes, all things that are not matter
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verb (past and past participle mind·ed, present participle mind·ing, 3rd person present singular minds) |
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1. transitive verb pay attention to something: to pay attention to something, especially so as to avoid danger or an accident
Mind your step!
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2. transitive verb control something: to remain aware of the need to control something
Mind your temper.
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3. transitive and intransitive verb object to somebody or something: to have an objection to somebody or something
Do you mind if we leave early?
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4. transitive verb temporarily watch over somebody or something: to watch over and look after somebody or something, usually for a short time
Will you mind the dog over the weekend?
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5. transitive verb obey somebody: to listen to and obey somebody
Be sure to mind your father while I'm away.
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6. transitive verb remember something: to remember or recall something
Mind what I told you.
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7. intransitive verb be careful: be careful or cautious
If you don't mind, you'll run into bears in the forest.
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8. transitive verb regional take note of something: to notice or perceive something
Mind the new detour signs or you'll get lost.
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9. transitive verb U.S. regional remind somebody: to remind somebody of or about something
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| [ Old English gemynd< Indo-European "think"] |
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| mind·er noun |
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bear somebody or something in mind to remember to take something or somebody into account
Bear in mind that these prices could change.
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bring something to mind to remind somebody of something
It brings to mind those horse-drawn carts they used to have.
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call something to mind to remember something
I can't quite call to mind the exact date they left.
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do you mind? used to show that you object to something that somebody is doing
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great minds think alike used when two people coincidentally have the same idea
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have it in mind to do something to intend to do something
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have somebody or something in mind to be thinking of somebody or something as suitable for a specific purpose or role
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keep something in mind to remember something because it might be useful later
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mind over matter the act of making a mental effort to ignore, overcome, or control something physical
They can lie on a bed of nails without feeling any pain - it's mind over matter.
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mind you used to qualify something you have just said (informal)
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speak your mind to speak frankly and forthrightly
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