Word: mind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 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, recall, recollection”), Latin mēns (“mind, reason”), Sanskrit मनस् (mánas), Ancient Greek μένος (ménos), Albanian mënd (“mind, reason”). Related to mantra. Compare also Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”). More at mint. Pronunciation: /maɪnd/, /mɑjnd/, /mɑend/, /mʌɪnd/ 1. The capability for rational thought. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever. Example: And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […] 2. The ability to be aware of things. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was no doubt in his mind that they would win. 3. The ability to remember things. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My mind just went blank. 4. The ability to focus the thoughts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing. 5. Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was one of history’s greatest minds. Example: I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, […] 6. Thinking characteristic of particular group. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Who knows what really goes through the criminal mind? 7. Judgment, opinion, or view. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He changed his mind after hearing the speech. 8. Desire, inclination, or intention. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She had a mind to go to Paris. Example: I have half a mind to do it myself. 9. A healthy mental state. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I, ______ being of sound mind and body, do hereby[…] Example: You are losing your mind. 10. The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The nature of the mind is a major topic in philosophy. Example: Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it. 11. Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a month's [or monthly] mind; a year's mind 12. Attention, consideration or thought. Labels: uncountable Example: They are the “tars” who give mind to the spreading sail, and their bold courage is the pabulum which will preserve our sea-girt isle in its vernal green to furthest posterity. Example: Then he, having mind of Beelzebub, the god of flies, fled without a halt homewards; but, falling in the coo's loan, broke two ribs and a collar bone, the whilk misfortune was much blessed to his soul.