great) mind to

Variant of mind

noun

  1. memory; recollection or remembrance: to bring to mind a story
  2. what one thinks; opinion: speak your mind
    1. that which thinks, perceives, feels, wills, etc.; seat or subject of consciousness
    2. the thinking and perceiving part of consciousness; intellect or intelligence
    3. attention; notice
    4. all of an individual's conscious experiences
    5. the conscious and the unconscious together as a unit; psyche
  3. the intellect in its normal state; reason; sanity: to lose one's mind
  4. a person having intelligence or regarded as an intellect: the great minds of today
  5. way, state, or direction of thinking and feeling: the reactionary mind
  6. Christian Science God
    in full Divine Mind
  7. Philos. consciousness and thought as an element in reality

Origin: ME mynde < OE (ge)mynd, memory < IE base *men-, to think > Gr menos, spirit, force, L mens, mind

transitive verb

  1. to direct one's mind to; specif.,
    1. Now Dial. to perceive; observe
    2. to pay attention to; heed
    3. to obey
    4. to attend to; apply oneself to (a task, etc.)
    5. to tend; take care of; watch over; look after: mind the baby
    6. to be careful about; watch out for: mind those rickety stairs
    1. to care about; feel concern about
    2. to object to; dislike: to mind the cold
  2. Dialectal to remember: sometimes used reflexively
  3. Dialectal to intend; purpose
  4. Now Chiefly Dial. to remind

intransitive verb

  1. to pay attention; give heed
  2. to be obedient
  3. to be careful; watch out
    1. to care; feel concern
    2. to object

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