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mind
English
Etymology
From Middle English minde, münde, ?emünde, from Old English mynd, ?emynd (“memory, remembrance; memorial, record; act of commemoration; thought, purpose; consciousness, mind, intellect”), from Proto-Germanic *mundiz, *gamundiz (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German gimunt (“mind, memory”), Danish minde (“memory”), Icelandic minni (“memory, recall, recollection”), Gothic ???????????????????? (munds, “memory, mind”), Latin m?ns (“mind, reason”), Sanskrit ???? (mánas), Ancient Greek ????? (ménos), Albanian mënd (“mind, reason”). Related to Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”). More at mint.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?nd, IPA(key): /ma?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
- Homophone: mined
Noun
mind (plural minds)
- The ability for rational thought.
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- “ […] 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.”
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- The ability to be aware of things.
- The ability to remember things.
- The ability to focus the thoughts.
- Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
- Judgment, opinion, or view.
- Desire, inclination, or intention.
- A healthy mental state.
- (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- 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.
- 1854, Samuel Knaggs, Unsoundness of Mind Considered in Relation to the Question of Responsibility for Criminal Acts, p.19:
- The mind is that part of our being which thinks and wills, remembers and reasons; we know nothing of it except from these functions.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- Thus they dwelled for nearly a year, and in that time Robin Hood often turned over in his mind many means of making an even score with the Sheriff.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
- a month's [or monthly] mind; a year's mind
Synonyms
- (ability for rational thought): brain(s), head, intellect, intelligence, nous, psyche, reason, wit; See also Thesaurus:intelligence
- (ability to be aware of things): awareness, consciousness, sentience; See also Thesaurus:awareness
- (ability to remember things): memory, recollection; See also Thesaurus:recollection
- (ability to focus the thoughts): attention, concentration, focus
- (somebody that embodies certain mental qualities): genius, intellectual, thinker; See also Thesaurus:genius
- (judgment, opinion, or view): judgment, judgement, idea, opinion, view; See also Thesaurus:judgement
- (desire, inclination, or intention): desire, disposition, idea, inclination, intention, mood; See also Thesaurus:desire or Thesaurus:intention
- (healthy mental state): sanity; See also Thesaurus:sanity
- (process of): cognition, learning
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mind (third-person singular simple present minds, present participle minding, simple past and past participle minded)
- To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
- 1878, Robert Browning, La Saisiaz, line 70:
- Mind to-morrow's early meeting!
- 1878, Robert Browning, La Saisiaz, line 70:
- (now regional) To remember. [from 14th c.]
- 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXXVII, lines 25-26:
- The land where I shall mind you not / Is the land where all's forgot.
- 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXXVII, lines 25-26:
- (Obsolete or dialectical) To remind; put one's mind on.
- 1599, William Shakespear, Henry V, Act IV, sc 3:
- Farewell, kind lord; fight valiantly to-day: / And yet I do thee wrong to mind thee of it, / For thou art framed of the firm truth of valour.
- c. 1610-11, Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, Act III, Scene 2:
- Let me be punished, that have minded you Of what you should forget.
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, The Sacred Theory of the Earth
- I desire to mind those persons of what Saint Austin hath said.
- 1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, "Of True and False Ideas"
- I shall only mind him, that the contrary supposition, if it could be proved, is of little use.
- He minded them of the mutability of all earthly things.
- 1599, William Shakespear, Henry V, Act IV, sc 3:
- To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
- ca. 1610–11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II, sc. 2:
- Here comes a spirit of his, and to torment me / For bringing wood in slowly. I'll fall flat; / Perchance he will not mind me.
- ca. 1610–11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II, sc. 2:
- To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
- 1611, King James Translators, Romans 12:16:
- Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
- 1907 E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, V [Uniform ed., p. 63]:
- It's the worst thing that can ever happen to you in all your life, and you've got to mind it—you've got to mind it. They'll come saying, 'Bear up—trust to time.' No, no; they're wrong. Mind it.
- 1611, King James Translators, Romans 12:16:
- (chiefly imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.]
- Mind you don't knock that glass over.
- (now rare except in phrases) To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed. [from 15th c.]
- You should mind your own business.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act I Scene i:
- My lord, you nod: you do not mind the play.
- 1712, Joseph Addison, Spectator, No. 383 (May 20, 1710:
- Upon my coming down, I found all the Children of the Family got about my old Friend, and my Landlady herself, who is a notable prating Gossip, engaged in a Conference with him; being mightily pleased with his stroaking her little Boy upon the Head, and bidding him be a good Child and mind his Book.
- 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, page 84:
- Should you ever have a son, Sansa, beat him frequently so he learns to mind you.
- To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time. [from 17th c.]
- Would you mind my bag for me?
- To be careful about. [from 18th c.]
- 2005, Gillie Bolton, Reflective Practice: Writing And Professional Development, ?ISBN, page xv:
- Bank Underground Station, London, is built on a curve, leaving a potentially dangerous gap between platform and carriage to trap the unwary. The loudspeaker voice instructs passengers to "Mind the gap": the boundary between train and platform.
- 2005, Gillie Bolton, Reflective Practice: Writing And Professional Development, ?ISBN, page xv:
- (now Obsolete except in Dialect) To purpose, intend, plan.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act IV, sc. 1
- I mind to tell him plainly what I think.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:
- […] and if ever I refused to do his bidding or loitered or took my leisure he beat me with his feet more grievously than if I had been beaten with whips. He ceased not to signal with his hand wherever he was minded to go; so I carried him about the island, like a captive slave, and he bepissed and conskited my shoulders and back, dismounting not night nor day; and whenas he wished to sleep he wound his legs about his neck and leaned back and slept awhile, then arose and beat me; whereupon I sprang up in haste, unable to gainsay him because of the pain he inflicted on me.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act IV, sc. 1
- (Britain, Ireland) Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
- I'm not very healthy. I do eat fruit sometimes, mind.
- (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by. [from 16th c.]
- I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now.
- Do you mind if I smoke?
Synonyms
- (remember): See also Thesaurus:remember
- (dislike): See also Thesaurus:dislike
- (pay attention to): heed; See also Thesaurus:pay attention
- (look after): See also Thesaurus:care
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- mind on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Verb
mind
- imperative of minde
Estonian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun
mind
- partitive singular of mina
Hungarian
Etymology
Presumably from mi? (“what?”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mind]
- Rhymes: -ind
Pronoun
mind
- all of it, all of them, each of them (grammatically singular)
- Synonyms: mindegyikük, mindegyik, az összes
Declension
Adverb
mind (not comparable)
- with everyone, all (usually of persons)
- Synonyms: mindnyájan, mindannyian
- (formal) increasingly (used with comparative form)
- Synonym: egyre
- (up) until…, up to… (used with -ig; not (until) sooner than a given point in time)
- Synonym: egészen
- (Note: Most other phrases with this meaning are written without a space: mindaddig, mindeddig, mindmáig, mindmostanáig, mindvégig)
Derived terms
Conjunction
mind
- (formal) both... and..., as well as
- Synonym: is
References
Further reading
- (pronoun & adverb): mind in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
- (conjunction): mind in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *mendus (“mark, sign”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?in?d/
Noun
mind n (nominative plural mind)
- A symbol indicating honour or rank; a crown, insignia, emblem
Inflection
Descendants
- Irish: mionn
- Scottish Gaelic: mionn
Mutation
References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mind, minn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scots
Etymology
From Old English ?emynd, from Proto-Germanic *gamundiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?end/
Noun
mind (plural minds)
- memory, recollection.
- mind.
Verb
mind (third-person singular present minds, present participle mindin, past mindit, past participle mindit)
- To remember.
- To remind.
- To mind, care.
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fair
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??/, /f??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /f???/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /fe?(?)/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /f??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophone: fare
Etymology 1
From Middle English fayr, feir, fager, from Old English fæ?er (“beautiful”), from Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (“suitable, fitting, nice”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh??- (“to fasten, place”).
Cognate with Scots fayr, fare (“fair”), Danish feir, faver, fager (“fair, pretty”), Norwegian fager (“fair, pretty”), Swedish fager (“fair, pretty”), Icelandic fagur (“beautiful, fair”), Umbrian pacer (“gracious, merciful, kind”), Slovak pekný (“good-looking, handsome, nice”). See also peace.
Adjective
fair (comparative fairer, superlative fairest)
- (archaic or literary) Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
- 1460-1500, The Towneley Plays?
- He is so fair, without lease, he seems full well to sit on this.
- 1460-1500, The Towneley Plays?
- Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
- 1605, The Booke of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, London: Robert Barker, “The order for the administration of the Lords Supper, or holy Communion,”[1]
- The Table hauing at the Communion time a faire white linnen cloth vpon it, shall stand in the body of the Church, or in the Chancell, where Morning prayer and Euening prayer be appointed to be said.
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, London, Observation 21, “Of Moss, and several other small vegetative Substances,” p. 135,[2]
- […] I have observ’d, that putting fair Water (whether Rain-water or Pump-water, or May-dew, or Snow-water, it was almost all one) I have often observ’d, I say, that this Water would, with a little standing, tarnish and cover all about the sides of the Glass that lay under water, with a lovely green […]
- 1605, The Booke of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, London: Robert Barker, “The order for the administration of the Lords Supper, or holy Communion,”[1]
- Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, page 200
- the northern people large and fair-complexioned
- This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, page 200
- Just, equitable.
- “[…] 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.”
- Adequate, reasonable, or decent.
- Their performance has been only fair.
- (nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 563:
- I shipped with them and becoming friends, we set forth on our venture, in health and safety; and sailed with a fair wind, till we came to a city called Madínat-al-Sín; […]
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 563:
- Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.
- 1909, Frank R. Stockton, The adventures of Captain Horn Chapter 42
- They had good weather and tolerably fair winds, and before they entered the Straits of Magellan the captain had formulated a plan for the disposition of Garta.
- 1909, Frank R. Stockton, The adventures of Captain Horn Chapter 42
- Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
- c. 1610?, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse of War
- The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a fair way to have enlarged.
- c. 1610?, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse of War
- (shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
- (baseball) Between the baselines.
- (rugby, of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
- (cricket, of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no-ball.
- (statistics) Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
Synonyms
- (beautiful): beautiful, pretty, lovely
- (unblemished): pure, clean, neat
- (light in color): pale
- (just): honest, just, equitable
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
fair (plural fair)
- Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
- When will we learn to distinguish between the fair and the foul?
- (obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
- 1744, Georg Friedrich Händel, Hercules, act 2, scene 8
- Love and Hymen, hand in hand, / Come, restore the nuptial band! / And sincere delights prepare / To crown the hero and the fair.
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.24:
- If single, probably his plighted Fair / Has in his absence wedded some rich miser […].
- 1744, Georg Friedrich Händel, Hercules, act 2, scene 8
- (obsolete) Fairness, beauty.
- A fair woman; a sweetheart.
- 1743, William Shenstone, A Pastoral Ballad
- I have found out a gift for my fair.
- 1743, William Shenstone, A Pastoral Ballad
- (obsolete) Good fortune; good luck.
- c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act V scene ii[3]:
- Now, fair befall thee, good Petruchio!
- c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act V scene ii[3]:
Verb
fair (third-person singular simple present fairs, present participle fairing, simple past and past participle faired)
- (transitive) To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
- (transitive) To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
- (transitive, art) To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
- 1996, Computer Animation '96: June 3-4, 1996, Geneva, Switzerland (page 136)
- Since the sequence of data contain sampling noises, the captured motion is not smooth and wiggles along the moving path. There are well-known fairing algorithms in Euclidean space based on difference geometry.
- 1996, Computer Animation '96: June 3-4, 1996, Geneva, Switzerland (page 136)
- (transitive) To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
- 1920, Technical Report of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page 206)
- Two forward cars were provided with the model. One of these (shown detached in Fig. 1) was faired at its after end, with a view to possible reduction of head resistance, and to induce a better flow of air to the propeller.
- 1920, Technical Report of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page 206)
- (transitive, obsolete) To make fair or beautiful.
Synonyms
- (to reduce air drag or water resistance): to streamline
Derived terms
- fair off
- fair up
- fairing
Translations
Adverb
fair (comparative more fair or fairer, superlative most fair or fairest)
- clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably
Derived terms
- bid fair
- fair and square
Etymology 2
From Middle English feyre, from Old French foire, from Latin f?riae.
Noun
fair (plural fairs)
- A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
- An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
- An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
- A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
Derived terms
- fairgrounds
- funfair
Translations
References
- fair at OneLook Dictionary Search
- fair in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- fair in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- RIFA, fiar, rifa-
German
Etymology
From English fair, from Old English fæ?er, from Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, whence also Middle High German vager (“splendid, wonderful”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??r/, [f????], [fe???], [f???]
- Hyphenation: fair
Adjective
fair (comparative fairer, superlative am fairsten)
- (especially sports) fair (just, honest, equitable, adequate)
Declension
Synonyms
- anständig
- ehrlich
- gerecht
- gleich
- ausgeglichen
- angemessen
- sauber
Antonyms
- unfair
Derived terms
- Fairness (rarely Fairheit)
- Fairplay
- Fair-Use-Doktrin
Further reading
- “fair” in Duden online
- “fair” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian
Etymology
From English fair.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f?r], [?f??r]
- Hyphenation: fair
- Rhymes: -?r
Adjective
fair (comparative fairebb, superlative legfairebb)
- fair (just, equitable)
- Synonyms: méltányos, tisztességes, becsületes, igazságos, korrekt, sportszer?
Declension
Derived terms
- fair play
- fairül
Further reading
- fair in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Irish
Etymology
See aire (“watching, attention”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [f?a??]
Verb
fair (present analytic faireann, future analytic fairfidh, verbal noun faire, past participle fairthe)
- to watch
Conjugation
Mutation
References
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “fair”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, ?ISBN, page 160
Polish
Etymology
From English fair.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?r/
Adjective
fair (not comparable)
- fair (just, equitable)
- Synonym: uczciwy
Declension
Indeclinable.
Adverb
fair (not comparable)
- fairly (in a fair manner)
- Synonym: uczciwie
Related terms
- (noun) fair play
Further reading
- fair in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- fair in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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- what fairs are open
- what fairs are open near me
- what fairy am i
- what fairy tail character am i
- what fairies actually look like
- what fairytale is donkey from
- what fair is open today
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