mind

CEFRA1

/maɪnd/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The part of a person that thinks, feels, and remembers.

  2. 02

    verb

    To pay attention to or care about something.

Examples

  • I don't mind the cold—it's the rain I don't like.

  • I have too many things on my mind these days.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The ability to be aware of things.

  2. The capability for rational thought.

  3. The ability to remember things.

More examples

In context

  • What does it mean to have an educated mind in the 21st century?

  • Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever.

  • There was no doubt in his mind that they would win.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English minde, munde, imynde, imunde, ȝemynde, ȝemunde, from Old English mynd, ġemynd (“mind, 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, remembrance"; Middle High German munst (“love, benevolence, joy”)), Old Norse mynd (“image, model”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (gamunds, “remembrance, memory, mind”). Related also to Danish minde (“memory”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish minne (“memory”), Faroese and Icelandic minni (“memory, re...