# mind

Pronunciation: say "MYND" /maɪnd/

## Noun

1. The part of a person that is aware, thinks, feels, and wills; the seat of consciousness and thought.
   - Simple: The part of you that thinks, feels, and is aware of things.
   - _Philosophers have long debated whether the mind can exist apart from the brain._
   - _Meditation is one way of observing the workings of your own mind._
2. Attention or thought, especially as directed toward or concentrated on a particular matter.
   - Simple: Your attention or thoughts, especially when you focus them on one thing.
   - _Bear in mind that the office closes early on Fridays._
   - _The unfinished report weighed on his mind throughout the vacation._
3. A person's judgment, opinion, or view on a matter.
   - Simple: What a person thinks or believes about something.
   - _To my mind, the earlier proposal was the stronger one._
   - _The committee members were all of one mind about the budget cuts._
6. The capability for rational thought; the faculty that lets a person reason, judge, and understand.
   - Simple: The part of a person that thinks, understands, and reasons.
   - _Years of legal training had sharpened her mind._
   - _Chess demands a mind that can hold many possibilities at once._
7. The ability to remember; the faculty of memory.
   - Simple: The part of you that stores and remembers things.
   - _The old song brought to mind the summers of his childhood._
   - _She had promised to call the dentist, but it completely slipped her mind until the office had closed._
8. A healthy mental state; soundness or sanity of thought.
   - Simple: The healthy, normal working of a person's thoughts.
   - _The endless isolation of the voyage nearly cost the captain his mind._
   - _Witnesses questioned whether the old man was of sound mind when he signed the will._
9. A person regarded as the embodiment of particular intellectual or mental qualities.
   - Simple: A person who is known for being very smart or thoughtful.
   - _She was widely considered the finest legal mind of her generation._
   - _The conference brought together leading minds from medicine and engineering._
10. A desire, inclination, or intention to do something.
   - Simple: A wish or plan to do something.
   - _He had half a mind to quit on the spot._
   - _After waiting forty minutes for our food, I had half a mind to walk out and eat somewhere else._

## Verb

4. To dislike or object to something; to be bothered by it.
   - Simple: To feel bothered or upset by something.
   - _Would you mind turning the music down a little?_
   - _She doesn't mind the long commute, since it gives her time to read._
5. To remember something, either by calling it back to mind or by keeping it in one's thoughts. *(dialectal)*
   - Simple: To remember something, or keep it in your thoughts so you do not forget it.
   - _As far back as I can mind, there was a bakery on that corner of the street._
   - _I mind the winter the river froze right over, when I was just a boy._
11. To be careful about something, paying close attention to it so that it causes no harm or trouble.
   - Simple: To be careful about something and watch out for it.
   - _Mind the gap between the train and the platform._
   - _Hikers should mind the loose rocks along the ridge trail._
12. To pay attention to and obey; also, to make sure or take care that something is done.
   - Simple: To listen to someone and do what they say, or to make sure that something is done.
   - _The dog minds its trainer without hesitation._
   - _Mind that you lock the door before you leave._
13. To look after or take care of someone or something, especially for a short period of time.
   - Simple: To watch or take care of someone or something for a short time.
   - _Our neighbor minds the dog whenever we travel._
   - _Could you mind my bag while I go get coffee?_
14. To pay attention to something and treat it as important; to heed or take notice of it.
   - Simple: To pay attention to something and take it seriously.
   - _He would have saved himself a lot of trouble if he had minded the warnings about the old bridge._
   - _Hikers who mind the trail markers rarely lose their way._
15. Take note, used to point out an exception or caveat to what has just been said. *(Ireland, UK)*
   - Simple: Used when you add a warning or an exception to what you just said.
   - _The new manager is fair; mind, she expects everyone in by eight sharp._
   - _Mind you, none of us had read the contract before signing._
16. To intend or be inclined to do something; now used mainly in the form be minded to, the active verb surviving only in dialect.
   - Simple: To plan or want to do something. Today people mostly say "be minded to."
   - _The judge said she was minded to grant the request unless the other side could give a good reason against it._
   - _The judge said she was minded to grant the request but wanted to hear from both sides first._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To remind someone of something; to bring a thing back to another person's thoughts.
- (noun) A Mass or service held in memory of a dead person at a set time after the death, especially a month or a year later.

## Origin

From Middle English minde, from Old English ġemynd ("memory"), from Proto-Germanic *mundiz ("memory, remembrance"), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- ("to think"). It is related to Latin mēns ("mind, reason"), Sanskrit मनस् (mánas), and mantra.

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