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minded adjective [ ˈmʌɪndɪd ]

• inclined to think in a particular way.
• "sustainability-minded professionals"

mind verb

• be distressed, annoyed, or worried by.
• "I don't mind the rain"
• regard as important; feel concern about.
• "never mind the opinion polls"
• used to urge someone to remember or take care to do something.
• "mind you look after the children"
Similar: be/make sure (that), see (that), take care that, remember to, be/make sure to, don't forget to, take care to,
Opposite: forget,
• take care of temporarily.
• "we left our husbands to mind the children while we went out"
Similar: look after, take care of, keep an eye on, attend to, care for, tend, watch, have/take charge of, guard, protect,
Opposite: neglect,
• be inclined to do something.
• "he was minded to reject the application"
Origin: Old English gemynd ‘memory, thought’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘revolve in the mind, think’, shared by Sanskrit manas and Latin mens ‘mind’.


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