mind
/maɪnd/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.41 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever."
- "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; […]"
- "“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”"
- "There was no doubt in his mind that they would win."
- "My mind just went blank."
- "I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /maɪnd/
- British English: /maɪnd/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Obsolete
- British usage
Inflected Forms
minds (plural)
minds (present, singular)
minding (participle, present)
minded (participle, past)
minded (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
minded (first person, past)
mindest (archaic, present)
minded (past, second person)
mindedst (archaic, past)
mindeth (archaic, present)