Definitions for Mind

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Spelling: [mahynd]

IPA: /maɪnd/

Mind is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in Mind (dimn).

Definitions for Mind

noun

1. (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
2. Psychology. the totality of conscious and unconscious mental processes and activities.
3. intellect or understanding, as distinguished from the faculties of feeling and willing; intelligence.
4. a particular instance of the intellect or intelligence, as in a person.
5. a person considered with reference to intellectual power:
6. intellectual power or ability.
7. reason, sanity, or sound mental condition:
8. a way of thinking and feeling; disposition; temper:
9. a state of awareness or remembrance:
10. opinion, view, or sentiments:
11. inclination or desire:
12. purpose, intention, or will:
13. psychic or spiritual being, as opposed to matter.
14. a conscious or intelligent agency or being:
15. remembrance or recollection; memory:
16. attention; thoughts:
17. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. notice; attention:
18. Roman Catholic Church. a commemoration of a person's death, especially by a Requiem Mass. Compare month's mind, year's mind.
19. (initial capital letter). Also called Divine Mind. Christian Science. God; the incorporeal source of life, substance, and intelligence. Compare mortal mind.

Idioms

1. bear / keep in mind, to remember:
2. blow one's mind, Slang. to change one's perceptions, awareness, etc., as through the use of drugs or narcotics. to overwhelm a person with intense excitement, pleasure, astonishment, or dismay:
3. cross one's mind, to occur suddenly to one:
4. give someone a piece of one's mind, Informal. to rebuke, reprimand, or scold sharply:
5. have a good mind to, to feel tempted or inclined to:
6. have half a mind to, to be almost decided to; be inclined to.
7. know one's own mind, to be firm in one's intentions, opinions, or plans; have assurance:
8. make up one's mind, to decide; form an opinion or decision; resolve:
9. meeting of minds, complete agreement; accord:
10. never mind, don't worry or be troubled; it is of no concern:
11. on one's mind, constantly in one's thoughts; of concern to one:
12. out of one's mind, mad; insane: totally distracted: emotionally overwhelmed:
13. presence of mind, ability to think and to remain in control of oneself during a crisis or under stress:

verb (used with object)

1. to pay attention to.
2. to heed or obey (a person, advice, instructions, etc.).
3. to apply oneself or attend to:
4. to look after; take care of; tend:
5. to be careful, cautious, or wary about:
6. to feel concern at; care about.
7. to feel disturbed or inconvenienced by; object to (usually used in negative or interrogative constructions):
8. to regard as concerning oneself or as mattering:
9. Dialect. to perceive or notice. to remember. to remind.

verb (used without object)

1. to pay attention.
2. to obey.
3. to take notice, observe, or understand (used chiefly in the imperative):
4. to be careful or wary.
5. to care, feel concern, or object (often used in negative or interrogative constructions):
6. to regard a thing as concerning oneself or as mattering:

Origin of Mind

before 900; (noun) Middle English mynd(e), aphetic variant (see y-) of imynd, Old English gemynd memory, remembrance, mind; cognate with Gothic gamunds; akin to Latin mē

Examples for Mind

He who gives his mind to politics, sails on a stormy sea, with a giddy pilot.

The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?

True, this may not be what James Madison had in mind when he was writing the Bill of Rights.

And keep in mind that when Huckabee ran for president in 2008, he won the Iowa caucuses.

The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents.

On this day, however, Philothea's mind was less serene than usual.

In you I was sure of a mind strong enough to break the fetters of habit.

Philothea had listened so earnestly, that for a moment all other thoughts were expelled from her mind.

But, to relieve your mind, nothing at all has really happened.

And not just sick in the body but in your mind, because you start obsessing.