mind

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   He has a sharp mind and learns new things quickly.

2. 2
   noun

   The ability to think clearly and reason.

   There was no doubt in her mind that they would win.

3. 3
   noun

   Attention or the ability to focus on something.

   I can't keep my mind on what I'm doing with all this noise.

4. 4
   noun

   A very intelligent person.

   He was one of the great minds of the last century.

Common collocations

• open mind Adjective + noun
• change your mind Verb + noun
• brilliant mind Adjective + noun
• sharp mind Adjective + noun
• speak your mind Verb + noun
• subconscious mind Adjective + noun
• unconscious mind Adjective + noun
• agile mind Adjective + noun
• fanciful mind Adjective + noun
• supple mind Adjective + 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”), Swedish minne (…

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