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mind
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- pronunciation:
- maInd
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- phrases:
- make up one's mind
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the part of a person that thinks, understands, remembers, directs, and feels.
My mind is full of names and dates from history class.- synonyms:
- intellect, intelligence, reason, thought
- similar words:
- apprehension, brain, comprehension, consciousness, head, intention, judgment, perception, psychology, sense, understanding, wit
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| definition 2: |
memory or awareness.
Please keep Arnie's request in mind.- synonyms:
- awareness, consciousness, memory
- similar words:
- attention, recall, record, review
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| definition 3: |
desire or opinion.
I have a mind to travel.- synonyms:
- desire, fancy, hankering, hope, want, yen
- similar words:
- impulse, inclination, longing, lust, need, urge
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| related words: |
faculty, heed, memory, will, wish |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
minds, minding, minded |
| definition 1: |
to take care of.
Are you minding the children?- synonyms:
- attend, look after, tend, watch
- similar words:
- defend, foster, guard, maintain, preserve, protect, safeguard, shield, support, sustain
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| definition 2: |
to not like or object to.
I don't mind your coming with me.- synonyms:
- dislike, object to
- similar words:
- despise, detest, hate, loathe
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| definition 3: |
to pay attention to and obey.
Children should mind their parents and teachers.- synonyms:
- abide by, heed, obey
- similar words:
- accept, agree with, conform to, follow, mark, observe
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| related words: |
grudge, keep, regard, remark, take |
| phrase: |
make up one's mind |
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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, imprint, judge, learn, note, notice, perceive, picture, recall, regard, remember, sense, think, understand, visualize, want |
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some aspects of the mind |
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capacity, comprehension, feeling, imagination, insight, instinct, intuition, memory, perception, reason, thought, will |
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some descriptions associated with the mind |
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brilliant, clear, clever, insane, keen, mad, rational, sane, sharp, smart, sound, strong |
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some qualities of the mind |
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involuntary, voluntary |
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some things conventionally associated with the mind |
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balance, consciousness, discipline, facility, humor, hypnosis, intelligence, mood, reason, sanity, self-control, sleep, trance, will |
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study of the mind |
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psychology |
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