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mind
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- pronunciation:
- maInd
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
Your mind is the part of you that thinks, feels, imagines, understands, and remembers.
We all have a lot of information in our minds.My mom says that reading is good exercise for the mind, because you have to think to put the words together and understand what they mean.- synonyms:
- intelligence, reason, thought
- similar words:
- brain, comprehension, consciousness, head, intention, judgment, psychology, sense, understanding, wit
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| definition 2: |
Sometimes a "mind" is a desire or intention. If someone says they have a mind to do something, it means that they have decided that they want or intend to do it. People often have a mind to do something at a particular moment but change their mind later.
The neighbor said she had a mind to tell the kids' parents about how they ruined her garden, but in the end, she didn't say anything.My uncle says he's always had a mind to travel around the world. I don't know if he'll ever do it, though.- synonyms:
- desire, fancy, hope, want
- similar words:
- longing, need, urge
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| related words: |
memory, wish |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
minds, minding, minded |
| definition 1: |
When you mind something, you don't like it or it upsets you in some way. If you DON'T MIND something, it is OK with you. It doesn't bother you.
I don't mind my brother opening the car window, but my grandmother minds it a lot. She always tells him to close it.My sister hates our dog licking her face, but I don't mind it.Do you mind eating old potato chips? They taste OK to me.- synonyms:
- dislike, object to
- similar words:
- despise, hate
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| definition 2: |
When you mind someone, especially a young child, you pay attention to them to make sure they are OK.
Sometimes my mom asks me to mind my little sister when she's busy cooking.- synonyms:
- attend, watch
- similar words:
- defend, guard, maintain, preserve, protect, shield, support
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| definition 3: |
When you mind someone, you obey them or pay attention to what they are saying.
Most of the students were minding the teacher, but some were just looking out the window.My grandmother told me that she would be in trouble if she didn't mind her mother.- synonyms:
- obey
- similar words:
- accept, agree with, conform to, follow, mark, observe
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| related words: |
keep, regard, remark, take |
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similar to the mind |
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brain |
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some actions of the mind |
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associate, choose, decide, desire, direct, experience, fancy, feel, imagine, judge, learn, note, notice, perceive, picture, recall, regard, remember, sense, think, understand, want |
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some aspects of the mind |
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capacity, comprehension, feeling, imagination, instinct, memory, reason, thought |
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some descriptions associated with the mind |
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brilliant, clear, clever, insane, mad, sharp, smart, strong |
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some things conventionally associated with the mind |
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balance, consciousness, discipline, humor, intelligence, mood, reason, sleep |
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study of the mind |
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psychology |
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