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[mʌɪnd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought
(e.g: a lot of thoughts ran through my mind)
- a person's ability to think and reason; the intellect
(e.g: his keen mind)
- a person's attention
(e.g: employees should keep their minds on the job)
Phrases:
- I don't mind if I do
- be in two minds
- be of a different mind
- be of one mind
- bear something in mind
- close one's mind to
- come to mind
- give someone a piece of one's mind
- great minds think alike
- have a mind of one's own
- have half a mind to do something
- have someone or something in mind
- in one's mind's eye
- mind one's Ps & Qs
- mind over matter
- mind the shop
- never mind
- not pay someone any mind
- on someone's mind
- out of one's mind
- put one's mind to
- put someone in mind of
- put someone or something out of one's mind
- rub minds
- to my mind
Origin
:
Old English gemynd ‘memory, thought’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘revolve in the mind, think’, shared by Sanskrit manas and Latin mens ‘mind’
[mʌɪnd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- be distressed, annoyed, or worried by
(e.g: I don't mind the rain)
- regard as important; feel concern about
(e.g: never mind the opinion polls)
- used to urge someone to remember or take care to do something
(e.g: mind you look after the children)
- take care of temporarily
(e.g: we left our husbands to mind the children while we went out)
- be inclined to do something
(e.g: he was minded to reject the application)
Phrases:
- I don't mind if I do
- be in two minds
- be of a different mind
- be of one mind
- bear something in mind
- close one's mind to
- come to mind
- give someone a piece of one's mind
- great minds think alike
- have a mind of one's own
- have half a mind to do something
- have someone or something in mind
- in one's mind's eye
- mind one's Ps & Qs
- mind over matter
- mind the shop
- never mind
- not pay someone any mind
- on someone's mind
- out of one's mind
- put one's mind to
- put someone in mind of
- put someone or something out of one's mind
- rub minds
- to my mind
Origin
:
Old English gemynd ‘memory, thought’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘revolve in the mind, think’, shared by Sanskrit manas and Latin mens ‘mind’
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