mind

Betekenis

Noun

1. The capability for rational thought.
2. The ability to be aware of things.
3. The ability to remember things.
4. The ability to focus the thoughts.
5. Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
6. Judgment, opinion, or view.
7. Desire, inclination, or intention.
8. A healthy mental state.
9. The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
10. Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
11. Attention, consideration or thought.

Verb

1. To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
2. To remember.
3. (obsolete) To remind; put one's mind on.
4. To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
5. To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
6. To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).
7. To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed.
8. To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
9. To be careful about.
10. To purpose, intend, plan.
11. Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
12. To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/maɪnd/

Etymologie

From Middle English minde, münde, ȝemünde, from Old English mynd, ġemynd (“memory”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundi, *gamundi, from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”) (compare also mantis, via Greek), from the root *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German gimunt (“mind, memory”), Danish minde (“memory”), Swedish minne (“memory”), Icelandic minni (“memory, recall, recollection”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (munds, “memory, mind”), Latin mēns (“mind, reason”), Sanskrit मनस् (mánas), Ancient Greek μένος (ménos), Albanian mënd (“mind, reason”). Doublet of mantra. Related to Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”). More at mint.

Zinnen

A fool uttereth all his mind .

Een dwaas spreekt al zijn geest.