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Meaning of mind | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A1 Common
maɪnd

Definitions

  1. head
  2. The capability for rational thought.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The ability to be aware of things.
    countable, uncountable
  4. A capacity or inclination to think or act independently: a reporter with a mind of her own.
  5. guy, dude, man
  6. The ability to remember things.
    countable, uncountable
  7. A tendency to be unresponsive to human will: The car had a mind of its own and seemed to start only when it felt like it.
  8. The ability to focus the thoughts.
    countable, uncountable
  9. To be in agreement about something.
  10. Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
    countable, uncountable
  11. To have mixed feelings or be undecided about something.
  12. Judgment, opinion, or view.
    countable, uncountable
  13. Used to tell someone not to be concerned or worried.
  14. The thinking part of the physical body.
  15. Desire, inclination, or intention.
    countable, uncountable
  16. the power by which one thinks etc; the intelligence or understanding. The child already has the mind of an adult. verstand عَقْل разсъдък mente mysl, inteligence der Verstand forstand νους, μυαλόmente, cabeza, cerebro aru اندیشیدن mieli esprit, intelligenceחשיבה मन्थिति pamet, razum értelem, elme; tudat pikiran hugur; greind, vitsmunir mente, intelligenza 心 정신, 마음, 지력 protas, supratingumas prāts; saprāts fikiran verstandsinn, ånd, forstand, hjerneumysł فكر كول،انديښنه كول espírito minte, inte...
    etc
  17. A healthy mental state.
    countable, uncountable
  18. be careful!. Mind! There's a car coming! oppas إنْتَبِه! إحْذَر! Внимавай cuidado! pozor! Achtung! pas på! πρόσεχε! (επιφ.) ¡cuidado! ettevaatust! مواظب باش varo attention הִיָזהֵר सावधान obrati pažnju! vigyázz! awas! gættu þín! (attento!) 気をつけろ 조심해! atsargiai! saugoki(tė)s! uzmanies! piesargies! awas pas op! pass på! Uważaj! پام كوه cuidado! Atenţie! осторожно! берегись! pozor! pazi! pazi akta!, se upp! ระวัง Dikkat et! 當心 обережно! خبردار sự xen vào 当心
  19. The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
    countable, uncountable
  20. sielig, geestig ميّال، ذو تَفْكير разсъждаващ като de mente ( ) -myslný gesinnt -sindet -κεφαλος, -μυαλος (ως β΄ συνθ.) de mente -meelne فکر -mielinen qui est... d'esprit בַּעַל דֵעָה- / מַחֲשָׁבָה- एक जैसी सोच sklon, nakan beállítottságú, gondolkodású berpikiran -huga, innrættur; sinnaður (che ha una mentalità...) -心の …한 마음을 가진 turintis tam tikrà protà/bûdà/polinká ar (zināmu) domāšanas veidu berfikiran van geest -synt, –sinnet, –bevisst o ... umyśle, o ... rozumie فكر de espírito ( ) cu min...
  21. Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
    countable, uncountable
  22. (formal) aware (of); paying attention (to). to be mindful of their needs; Mindful of the dangers, he proceeded with caution. oplettend مُنْتَبِه لواجِباتِه внимателен atento dbalý, dbající rücksichtsvoll opmærksom; bevidst προσεκτικός, συνετόςconsciente teadlik, tähelepanelik اگاه tietoinen être attentif à qqch מוּדָע ל- सावधान, सतर्क pažljiv, pozoran figyelmes sadar akan attento a, consapevole di 注意する …에 신경을 쓰는 atidus, jautrus gādīgs; uzmanīgs; piesardzīgs sedar zich bewust van; indachtig op...
    formal
  23. Attention, consideration or thought.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca fikir rəy yaddaş zehin
বাংলা মন
Čeština ledví mysl útroba
Gaeilge aireachasaigh
Gàidhlig aire
עברית דעת מוח שכל
Bahasa Indonesia agnyana akal budi ingatan kamus mental otak
Қазақша зерде
Latviešu apziņa prāts
Српски pamet paša skota um памет разум ум
中文 介意 注意

Examples

“Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever.”
“And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […]”
““[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.””
“There was no doubt in his mind that they would win.”
“My mind just went blank.”
“I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing.”
“He was one of history’s greatest minds.”
“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, […]”
“That's far from the promised land set out in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, that the railways would have a guiding mind that would be in control of the industry's finances. Businesses have what is called a profit and loss account, showing both revenue and costs, but the current situation means that the two sides of the system are in different hands - and neither is (as yet) in the hands of a 'guiding mind'.”
“He changed his mind after hearing the speech.”
“She had a mind to go to Paris.”
“I have half a mind to do it myself.”
“I am of a mind to listen.”
“I fortuned to come in, Thys rebell to behold, Whereof I hym controld; But he sayde that he wolde Agaynst my mynde and wyll In my church hawke styll.”
“Although Miss Pross, through her long association with a French family, might have known as much of their language as of her own, if she had had a mind, she had no mind in that direction […] So her manner of marketing was to plump a noun-substantive at the head of a shopkeeper without any introduction in the nature of an article […]”
“I, ______ being of sound mind and body, do hereby[…]”
“You are losing your mind.”
“The nature of the mind is a major topic in philosophy.”
“Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.”
“The mind is that part of our being which thinks and wills, remembers and reasons; we know nothing of it except from these functions.”
“Thus they dwelled for nearly a year, and in that time Robin Hood often turned over in his mind many means of making an even score with the Sheriff.”
“[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.”
“a month's [or monthly] mind; a year's mind”
“They are the “tars” who give mind to the spreading sail, and their bold courage is the pabulum which will preserve our sea-girt isle in its vernal green to furthest posterity.”
“Then he, having mind of Beelzebub, the god of flies, fled without a halt homewards; but, falling in the coo's loan, broke two ribs and a collar bone, the whilk misfortune was much blessed to his soul.”
“If you get a “trolling” comment, delete it, do not respond to it, and move forward immediately without paying any further mind.”

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