Mind

[maɪnd]

Definition

(noun.) that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; 'his mind wandered'; 'I couldn't get his words out of my head'.

(noun.) knowledge and intellectual ability; 'he reads to improve his mind'; 'he has a keen intellect'.

(noun.) attention; 'don't pay him any mind'.

(noun.) recall or remembrance; 'it came to mind'.

(noun.) your intention; what you intend to do; 'he had in mind to see his old teacher'; 'the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces'.

(verb.) keep in mind.

(verb.) be concerned with or about something or somebody.

(verb.) be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by; 'I don't mind your behavior'.

Edited by Joanne--From WordNet

Definition

(v.) The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul; -- often in distinction from the body.

(v.) The state, at any given time, of the faculties of thinking, willing, choosing, and the like; psychical activity or state; as: (a) Opinion; judgment; belief.

(v.) Choice; inclination; liking; intent; will.

(v.) Courage; spirit.

(v.) Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc.

(n.) To fix the mind or thoughts on; to regard with attention; to treat as of consequence; to consider; to heed; to mark; to note.

(n.) To occupy one's self with; to employ one's self about; to attend to; as, to mind one's business.

(n.) To obey; as, to mind parents; the dog minds his master.

(n.) To have in mind; to purpose.

(n.) To put in mind; to remind.

(v. i.) To give attention or heed; to obey; as, the dog minds well.

Editor: Myra

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Soul, spirit, inner man.[2]. Intellect, understanding, reason, sense, brains, thinking principle, intellectual powers, common sense, intellectual faculties.[3]. Inclination, disposition, will, wish, liking, desire.[4]. Belief, opinion, thoughts, sentiments.[5]. Memory, remembrance, recollection.

v. a. [1]. Notice, heed, regard, mark, attend to, take notice of, pay attention to, give heed to, fix the mind on, trouble one's head about.[2]. Obey, be obedient to.[3]. [Poetical.] Remind, put in mind.

Editor: Woodrow

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Soul, spirit, intellect, understanding, opinion, sentiment, judgment, belief,choice, inclination, desire, will, liking, purpose, spirit, impetus, memory,remembrance, recollection

ANT:Body, limbs, organization, action, proceeding, conduct, object, indifference,coolness, aversion, forgetfulness, obviousness

Editor: Maynard

Definition

n. the faculty by which we think &c.: the understanding: the whole spiritual nature: memory: choice: intention: thoughts or sentiments: belief: cast of thought and feeling: (B.) disposition.—v.t. to attend to: to obey: (orig.) to remind: (Scot.) to remember.—v.i. (B.) to intend.—adj. Mind′ed having a mind: disposed: determined.—ns. Mind′edness inclination toward anything; Mind′er a care-taker: one taken care of as a pauper child by a private person.—adj. Mind′ful bearing in mind: taking thought or care: attentive: observant.—adv. Mind′fully.—n. Mind′fulness.—adj. Mind′less without mind: stupid.—n. Mind′-trans′ference thought-transference.—Mind one's p's and q's to be accurate and precise; Mind your eye (slang) take care what you are about.—Absence of mind inattention to what is going on at the time; Bear in mind to remember; Be out of one's mind to be forgotten: to be insane; Have a mind to wish or to be inclined strongly; Have half a mind to be somewhat inclined; Lose or Be out of one's mind to become insane; Make up one's mind to determine; Month's mind continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a month after death with masses esp. on 3d 7th and 30th days (also A monthly mind): any very strong desire or inclination; Never mind do not concern yourself; Of one mind agreed; Of two minds uncertain what to think or do; Presence of mind a state of calmness in which all the powers of the mind are on the alert and ready for action; Put in mind to warn or remind; Year's mind a commemorative service of a similar kind to the month's mind on the anniversary of a death.

Edited by Clio

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavor to ascertain its own nature the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with. From the Latin mens a fact unknown to that honest shoe-seller who observing that his learned competitor over the way had displayed the motto 'Mens conscia recti emblazoned his own front with the words Men's women's and children's conscia recti. '

Typed by Eugenia

Unserious Contents or Definition

No matter. MATTER,Never mind."

Checker: Raymond

Examples

Editor: Moore

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