minded

1. 1
   adjectivein compounds

   Having or showing a mind of a particular kind, nature, or inclination, as specified by the word it attaches to.

   Civic-minded residents organized a cleanup of the riverbank.

   He's too money-minded to take a job he actually enjoys.

   Note

   The combining form behind fair-minded, civic-minded and literary-minded, built from mind plus -ed much as Old English built words on -mōd. It is usually joined to the word before it with a hyphen. After an -ly adverb it stands open, as in a traditionally minded Pope. It can even name a group outright, as when Carol McAlice Currie wrote in 2004 of "the spend-minded" driving to the mall.

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of mind.

   The old shepherd minded the flock through every harsh winter.

   Nobody seemed to have minded the sudden change in schedule.

   Note

   A regular past form, so one spelling covers both he minded the children and she had never minded the noise. Its meanings follow the verb: noticing, heeding, taking care, and in regional speech remembering. The verb usually takes an object. The look-alike adjective in the "inclined to" sense is followed by to and an infinitive instead, so minded the flock and minded to sell belong to different parts of speech.

3. 3
   adjective

   Inclined or disposed to do a particular thing; having a preference or readiness to carry out an act.

   The committee seemed minded to approve the proposal after a brief discussion.

   He's minded to sell the house and move closer to his family.

   Similarinclined, disposed, willing, prepared, ready

   Oppositedisinclined, reluctant, unwilling, loath

   Note

   Here the word stands on its own after be or seem and points forward to an action: minded to refuse, minded to go ahead. The idiom if you are so minded puts so in place of the infinitive. In official language it works as a careful hedge. When Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said in 2025 she was "minded to approve" the Gatwick plans, she signaled a likely decision and extended the deadline for the real one.

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