mind

Meanings

Noun

• The ability of rational thought.
• The ability to be aware of things.
• The ability to remember things.
• The ability to focus the thoughts.
• Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
• Judgment, opinion, or view.
• Desire, inclination, or intention.
• A healthy mental state.
• The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
• Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
• Attention, consideration or thought.

Verb

• To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
• To remember.
• To remind; put one's mind on.
• To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
• To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
• To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).
• To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed.
• To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
• To be careful about.
• To purpose, intend, plan.
• Take note;
• To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.

Related

Similar words

• attention, concentration, focus
• (process of): cognition, learning

Origin

• From Middle English minde, munde, ȝemünde, from Old English mynd, ġemynd, from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (compare also mantis, via Greek), from the root *men-. Cognate with Old High German gimunt, Danish minde, Icelandic minni, Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃, Latin mēns, Sanskrit मनस्, Ancient Greek μένος, Albanian mënd. mantra. Related to Old English myntan. More at mint#Etymology 3.