mind
Meaning
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- The capability for rational thought.
- The ability to be aware of things.
- The ability to remember things.
- The ability to focus the thoughts.
- Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
- Judgment, opinion, or view.
- Desire, inclination, or intention.
- A healthy mental state.
- The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
- Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
- Attention, consideration or thought.
Synonyms
pay attention to
care about
emotion
ability
be attentive
subconcious
creative thinker
object to
see about
take notice of
be concerned about
anxious about
be attentive to
cater for
emotional state
give heed to
haggle over
look carefully
mental state
way of thinking
mental attitude
in one’s heart
true motives
spiritual center
give care
spirit: mood
take something to heart
take the heart
not an organ of sense
keep note
moral force
be mindful
inner self
mental sence
right thinking
mental capacity
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maɪnd/
Etymology
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.
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