mind

[[t]maɪnd[/t]]

n.

1) the element, part, or process in a human or other conscious being that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc

2) psl Psychol. the totality of conscious and unconscious mental processes and activities

3) intellect or understanding, esp. as distinguished from the emotions and will; intelligence

4) a person considered with reference to intellectual power:

the great minds of the day[/ex]

5) intellectual power or ability

6) reason, sanity, or sound mental condition:

to lose one's mind[/ex]

7) a way of thinking and feeling; disposition; temper:

a liberal mind[/ex]

8) opinion, view, or sentiments:

to change one's mind[/ex]

9) inclination, intention, or desire:

to be of a mind to listen[/ex]

10) remembrance or recollection; memory:

to call to mind; The party put me in mind of my college days[/ex]

11) psychic or spiritual being, as opposed to matter

12) a conscious or intelligent agency or being: an awareness of a mind ordering the universe

13) attention; thoughts:

He can't keep his mind on his studies[/ex]

14) dial. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. notice; attention:

When he's like that, just pay him no mind[/ex]

15) rel Rom. Cath. Ch. a commemoration of a person's death, esp. by a Requiem Mass

16) rel (cap.) Christian Science. God; the incorporeal source of life, substance, and intelligence

17) to pay attention to

18) to heed or obey (a person, advice, instructions, etc.)

19) to attend to:

to mind one's own business[/ex]

20) to look after; tend:

to mind the baby[/ex]

21) to be careful, cautious, or wary about:

Mind what you say[/ex]

22) to feel concern at; care about

23) to feel disturbed or inconvenienced by; object to:

I hope you don't mind the interruption[/ex]

24) to regard as concerning oneself or as mattering:

Don't mind his bluntness[/ex]

25) sts Dial.

a) to perceive or notice

b) to remember

c) to remind

26) to pay attention

27) to obey

28) to take notice, observe, or understand (used chiefly in the imperative):

Mind now, I want you home by twelve[/ex]

29) to be careful or wary

30) to care, feel concern, or object (often used in negative or interrogative constructions):

Mind if I go?[/ex]

31) to regard a thing as concerning oneself or as mattering:

You mustn't mind about their gossiping[/ex]

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- back of one's mind be of one mind be of two minds out of one's mind

Etymology: bef. 900; ME mynd(e), aph. var. of imynd, OE gemynd memory, mind, c. OHGgimuntrecollection, Go gamunds memory syn: mind, intellect, brain refer to that part of a conscious being that thinks, feels, wills, perceives, or judges. mind is a philosophical, psychological, and general term for the center of all mental activity, as contrasted with the body and the spirit: His mind grasped the complex issue. intellect refers to reasoning power, as distinguished from the faculties of feeling: a book that appeals to the intellect, rather than the emotions. brain is a physiological term for the organic structure that makes mental activity possible, but is often applied to mental ability or capacity: a fertile brain. These words may also refer to a person of great mental ability or capacity: a great mind of our age; a fine scholar and intellect; the brain in the family.