mind
mind (mīnd)
noun
- memory; recollection or remembrance to bring to mind a story
- what one thinks; opinion speak your mind
- that which thinks, perceives, feels, wills, etc.; seat or subject of consciousness
- the thinking and perceiving part of consciousness; intellect or intelligence
- attention; notice
- all of an individual's conscious experiences
- the conscious and the unconscious together as a unit; psyche
- the intellect in its normal state; reason; sanity to lose one's mind
- a person having intelligence or regarded as an intellect the great minds of today
- way, state, or direction of thinking and feeling the reactionary mind
- ☆ Christian Science Godin full Divine Mind
- Philos. consciousness and thought as an element in reality
Etymology: ME mynde < OE (ge)mynd, memory < IE base *men-, to think > Gr menos, spirit, force, L mens, mind
transitive verb
- to direct one's mind to; specif.,
- Now Dial. to perceive; observe
- to pay attention to; heed
- to obey
- to attend to; apply oneself to (a task, etc.)
- to tend; take care of; watch over; look after mind the baby
- to be careful about; watch out for mind those rickety stairs
- to care about; feel concern about
- to object to; dislike to mind the cold
- Dialectal to remember: sometimes used reflexively
- Dialectal to intend; purpose
- Now Chiefly Dial. to remind
intransitive verb
- to pay attention; give heed
- to be obedient
- to be careful; watch out
- to care; feel concern
- to object
Related Forms:
- minder mind′er noun
be in one's right mind
be of one mind
be of two minds
call to mind
- to remember
- to be a reminder of
change one's mind
- to change one's opinion
- to change one's intention, purpose, or wish
give someone a piece of one's mind
have half a mind to
have in mind
- to remember
- to think of
- to intend; purpose
know one's own mind
make up one's mind
meeting of (the) minds
never mind
on someone's mind
- occupying someone's thoughts
- worrying someone
out of one's mind
- mentally ill; insane
- frantic (with worry, grief, etc.)
put in mind
set one's mind on
take one's mind off
to one's mind
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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