Presence Of Mind

Definition: Presence Of Mind

Presence Of Mind

Noun

1. Self-control in a crisis; ability to say or do the right thing in an emergency.

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Attention

Noun: attention; mindfulness, presence of mind; Adjective: intentness, intentiveness; alertness; thought; advertence, advertency; observance, observation; consideration, reflection, perpension; heed; heedfulness; particularity; notice, regard; Verb: circumspection, diligence; (care); study, scrutiny inspection, introspection; revision, revisal.

Caution

Coolness; Adjective: self-possession, self-command; presence of mind, sang froid; well-regulated mind; worldly wisdom, Fabian policy.

Excitability

Staidness; Adjective: gravity, sobriety, Quakerism; philosophy, equanimity, stoicism, command of temper; self-possession, self-control, self-command, self-restraint, ice water in one's veins; presence of mind.

Crosswords: Presence Of Mind

Books

• The Presence of Mind (reference)

• Presence of Mind (reference)

• Presence of Mind (Wwl Mystery , No 282) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Presence of Mind [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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However this may be, even at the moment when he perceived that Jean Valjean had escaped him, Javert did not lose his presence of mind.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Albanian

gjakftohtësi (aplomb, calmness, coolness, equanimity, impassibility, impassivity, moderation, nerve, order, phlegm, placidity, recollection, sangfroid, self control, self possession, serenity, unconcern). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حضور الذهن, ‏سرعة الخاطر. (various references)

Bulgarian 

присъствие на духа. (various references)

Danish

sindighed (composure, sobriety), fatning (composure, holder, jack, lampholder, sobriety, socket). (various references)

Dutch

omzichtigheid (discretion, generalship, prudence), bezonnenheid (composure, sobriety), bedachtzaamheid (thoughtfulness). (various references)

Finnish

mielenmaltti, maltti (composure, self-possession). (various references)

French

présence d'esprit, sérénité. (various references)

German

geistesgegenwart (quick-wittedness). (various references)

Greek 

σύνεση (caution, discretion, gumption, prudence, sageness, wisdom), φρόνηση (circumspection, discreetness, prudence, wisdom), ετοιμότητα πνεύματοσ, ψυχραιμία (aplomb, collectedness, composure, coolness, nerve, sangfroid). (various references)

Hebrew 

ישוב �"�"עת (composure, consideration, equanimity, explanation, self possession, tranquillity), תושי�" (advice, insight, nous, resource, resourcefulness, resources, sagacity, wisdom), קור רוח (composure, coolness, dispassion, nonchalance, sang froid). (various references)

Hungarian

lélekjelenlét (composure, sang-froid). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

泰然自若 (be calm and self-possessed, imperturbability). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たいぜ�"じじゃく (be calm and self-possessed, imperturbability). (various references)

Manx

thort (circumspection, consideration), faare-cheayll. (various references)

Pig Latin

esencepray ofay indmay

Portuguese

presença de espírito (aplomb, self-control). (various references)

Romanian

prezenţã de spirit. (various references)

Russian 

присутствие духа (nerve, recollection). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prisustvo duha. (various references)

Spanish

presencia de ánimo, tranquilidad (calm, calmness, composure, ease, peace, peacefulness, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, sedateness, smoothness, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity, tranquilness, unconcern), sobriedad (soberness, sobriety), serenidad (clearheadedness, composure, coolness, damp, disaffection, immobility, poise, self control, self possession, serene, serenity, sternness), compostura (composition, refit, repair). (various references)

Turkish

tehlike anında pratik zekâ, soğukkanlılık (calmness, cold blood, cool, coolness, equal mind, imperturbability, nerve, nonchalance, sang froid, sangfroid, self possession). (various references)

praesentia, praesentia presentia. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: omnipresence.

-3 letters: comediennes, encrimsoned, prominences, recompensed.

-4 letters: ceremonies, comedienne, condemners, endocrines, inferences, necropsied, pendencies, predefines, prednisone, princedoms, prominence, recompense, recondense.

-5 letters: compeered, comprised, condemner, condenser, conferees, confiders, confiners, confirmed, conspired, coredeems, crimsoned, crispened, domineers, eminences, encrimson, endocrine, endosperm, incorpsed, inference, mispenned, modernise, neoprenes, noncrimes, nosepiece, pensioned, pensioner, pinecones, pioneered, predefine, premedics, prenomens, princedom, recension.