mind
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English minde, münde, ȝemünde, from Old English mynd, ġemynd (“memory, remembrance; memorial, record; act of commemoration; thought, purpose; consciousness, mind, intellect”), from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German gimunt (“mind, memory”), Danish minde (“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”). Related to Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”). More at mint.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mind (plural minds)
- The ability for rational thought.
- 1576, George Whetstone, “The Ortchard of Repentance: […]”, in The Rocke of Regard, Diuided into Foure Parts. [...], London: […] Robert Waley, OCLC 837515946; republished in J[ohn] P[ayne] Collier, editor, The Rocke of Regard, Diuided into Foure Parts. [...] (Illustrations of Early English Poetry; vol. 2, no. 2), London: Privately printed, [1867?], OCLC 706027473, page 291:#*
- 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; […]
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314, page 0029:- “ […] 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.”
- Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever.
- The ability to be aware of things.
- There was no doubt in his mind that they would win.
- The ability to remember things.
- My mind just went blank.
- The ability to focus the thoughts.
- I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing.
- Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
- He was one of history’s greatest minds.
- Judgment, opinion, or view.
- He changed his mind after hearing the speech.
- Desire, inclination, or intention.
- She had a mind to go to Paris.
- I have half a mind to do it myself.
- I am of a mind to listen.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:
- 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 […]
- A healthy mental state.
- I, ______ being of sound mind and body, do hereby […]
- You are losing your mind.
- (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
- The mind is a process of the brain.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- 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.
- 1854, Samuel Knaggs, Unsoundness of Mind Considered in Relation to the Question of Responsibility for Criminal Acts, p.19:
- The mind is that part of our being which thinks and wills, remembers and reasons; we know nothing of it except from these functions.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- 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.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- […] 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.
- Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
- a month's [or monthly] mind; a year's mind
SynonymsEdit
- (ability for rational thought): brain(s), head, intellect, intelligence, nous, psyche, reason, wit; See also Thesaurus:intelligence
- (ability to be aware of things): awareness, consciousness, sentience; See also Thesaurus:awareness
- (ability to remember things): memory, recollection; See also Thesaurus:recollection
- (ability to focus the thoughts): attention, concentration, focus
- (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities): genius, intellectual, thinker; See also Thesaurus:genius
- (judgment, opinion, or view): judgment, judgement, idea, opinion, view; See also Thesaurus:judgement
- (desire, inclination, or intention): desire, disposition, idea, inclination, intention, mood; See also Thesaurus:desire or Thesaurus:intention
- (healthy mental state): sanity; See also Thesaurus:sanity
- (process of): cognition, learning
Derived termsEdit
- aftermind
- amind
- bear in mind
- be of one mind
- blow someone's mind
- breadth of mind
- change one's mind
- come to mind
- foremind
- give someone a piece of one's mind
- have a mind like a sieve
- have a mind of one's own
- have in mind
- have one's mind about one
- hivemind
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
mind (third-person singular simple present minds, present participle minding, simple past and past participle minded)
- To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
- 1878, Robert Browning, La Saisiaz, line 70:
- Mind to-morrow's early meeting!
- 1878, Robert Browning, La Saisiaz, line 70:
- (now regional) To remember. [from 14th c.]
- 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXXVII, lines 25-26:
- The land where I shall mind you not / Is the land where all's forgot.
- 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXXVII, lines 25-26:
- (Obsolete or dialectical) To remind; put one's mind on.
- 1599, William Shakespear, Henry V, Act IV, sc 3:
- Farewell, kind lord; fight valiantly to-day: / And yet I do thee wrong to mind thee of it, / For thou art framed of the firm truth of valour.
- c. 1610-11, Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, Act III, Scene 2:
- Let me be punished, that have minded you Of what you should forget.
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, The Sacred Theory of the Earth
- I desire to mind those persons of what Saint Austin hath said.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523:
- This minds me of a cobbling colonel of famous memory.
- 1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, "Of True and False Ideas"
- I shall only mind him, that the contrary supposition, if it could be proved, is of little use.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, Church-History of Britain
- He minded them of the mutability of all earthly things.
- 1599, William Shakespear, Henry V, Act IV, sc 3:
- To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
- ca. 1610–11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II, sc. 2:
- Here comes a spirit of his, and to torment me / For bringing wood in slowly. I'll fall flat; / Perchance he will not mind me.
- ca. 1610–11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II, sc. 2:
- To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
- 1611, King James Translators, Romans 12:16:
- Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
- 1907 E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, V [Uniform ed., p. 63]:
- It's the worst thing that can ever happen to you in all your life, and you've got to mind it—you've got to mind it. They'll come saying, 'Bear up—trust to time.' No, no; they're wrong. Mind it.
- 1611, King James Translators, Romans 12:16:
- (chiefly imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.]
- Mind you don't knock that glass over.
- (now rare except in phrases) To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed. [from 15th c.]
- You should mind your own business.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act I Scene i:
- My lord, you nod: you do not mind the play.
- 1712, Joseph Addison, Spectator, No. 383 (May 20, 1710:
- Upon my coming down, I found all the Children of the Family got about my old Friend, and my Landlady herself, who is a notable prating Gossip, engaged in a Conference with him; being mightily pleased with his stroaking her little Boy upon the Head, and bidding him be a good Child and mind his Book.
- 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, page 84:
- Should you ever have a son, Sansa, beat him frequently so he learns to mind you.
- To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time. [from 17th c.]
- Would you mind my bag for me?
- To be careful about. [from 18th c.]
- 2005, Gillie Bolton, Reflective Practice: Writing And Professional Development, →ISBN, page xv:
- Bank Underground Station, London, is built on a curve, leaving a potentially dangerous gap between platform and carriage to trap the unwary. The loudspeaker voice instructs passengers to "Mind the gap": the boundary between train and platform.
- 2005, Gillie Bolton, Reflective Practice: Writing And Professional Development, →ISBN, page xv:
- (now Obsolete except in Dialect) To purpose, intend, plan.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act IV, sc. 1
- I mind to tell him plainly what I think.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:
- […] and if ever I refused to do his bidding or loitered or took my leisure he beat me with his feet more grievously than if I had been beaten with whips. He ceased not to signal with his hand wherever he was minded to go; so I carried him about the island, like a captive slave, and he bepissed and conskited my shoulders and back, dismounting not night nor day; and whenas he wished to sleep he wound his legs about his neck and leaned back and slept awhile, then arose and beat me; whereupon I sprang up in haste, unable to gainsay him because of the pain he inflicted on me.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act IV, sc. 1
- (Britain, Ireland) Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
- I'm not very healthy. I do eat fruit sometimes, mind.
- (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by. [from 16th c.]
- I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now.
- Do you mind if I smoke?
SynonymsEdit
- (remember): See also Thesaurus:remember
- (dislike): See also Thesaurus:dislike
- (pay attention to): heed; See also Thesaurus:pay attention
- (look after): See also Thesaurus:care
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
DanishEdit
VerbEdit
mind
- imperative of minde
EstonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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PronounEdit
mind
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Presumably from mi? (“what?”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
mind
- all of it, all of them, each of them (grammatically singular)
- Synonyms: mindegyikük, mindegyik, az összes
- Mind(et) megettem. ― I ate all of it.
- A fogaim nem jók, de még mind megvan. ― My teeth are not perfect, but I still have all of them.
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | mind | — |
accusative | mindet | — |
dative | mindnek | — |
instrumental | minddel | — |
causal-final | mindért | — |
translative | minddé | — |
terminative | mindig | — |
essive-formal | mindként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | mindben | — |
superessive | minden | — |
adessive | mindnél | — |
illative | mindbe | — |
sublative | mindre | — |
allative | mindhez | — |
elative | mindből | — |
delative | mindről | — |
ablative | mindtől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
mindé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
mindéi | — |
AdverbEdit
mind (not comparable)
- with everyone, all (usually of persons)
- Synonyms: mindnyájan, mindannyian
- Mind összegyűltek a ház előtt. ― They all gathered in front of the house.
- (formal) increasingly (used with comparative form)
- Synonym: egyre
- Mind nagyobb igény van erre a szolgáltatásra. ― There is more and more demand for this service.
- (up) until…, up to… (used with -ig; not (until) sooner than a given point in time)
Derived termsEdit
ConjunctionEdit
mind
- (formal) both... and..., as well as
- mind a magánéletben, mind a munkában ― both in private life and in work
- Synonym: is
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
Further readingEdit
- (pronoun & adverb): mind in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
- (conjunction): mind in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
Old IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *mendus (“mark, sign”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mind n (nominative plural mind)
InflectionEdit
Neuter u-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | mindN | mindL | mindL, minda |
Vocative | mindN | mindL | mind |
Accusative | mindN | mindL | mind |
Genitive | mindoH, mindaH | mindoN, mindaN | mindaeN |
Dative | mindL | mindaib | mindaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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DescendantsEdit
MutationEdit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
mind also mmind after a proclitic |
mind pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) , “*mendu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 264-265
Further readingEdit
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mind, minn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
ScotsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English ġemynd, from Proto-Germanic *gamundiz.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mind (plural minds)
VerbEdit
mind (third-person singular present minds, present participle mindin, past mindit, past participle mindit)