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Definition: In The Mind |
In The MindAdverb1. With respect to the mind; "she's a bit weak upstairs". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: In The MindSynonyms: in the head (adv), upstairs (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attention | Catch the eye, strike the eye; attract notice; catch the attention, awaken the attention, wake the attention, invite the attention, solicit the attention, attract the attention, claim the attention excite the attention, engage the attention, occupy the attention, strike the attention, arrest the attention, fix the attention, engross the attention, absorb the attention, rivet the attention, catch the mind, awaken the mind, wake the mind, invite the mind, solicit the mind, attract the mind, claim the mind excite the mind, engage the mind, occupy the mind, strike the mind, arrest the mind, fix the mind, engross the mind, absorb the mind, rivet the mind, catch the thoughts, awaken the thoughts, wake the thoughts, invite the thoughts, solicit the thoughts, attract the thoughts, claim the thoughts excite the thoughts, engage the thoughts, occupy the thoughts, strike the thoughts, arrest the thoughts, fix the thoughts, engross the thoughts, absorb the thoughts, rivet the thoughts; be present to the mind, be uppermost in the mind. |
Idea | Verb: float in the mind, pass in the mind. |
Noun: idea, notion, conception, thought, apprehension, impression, perception, image, gr/eidolon/gr, sentiment, reflection, observation, consideration; abstract idea; archetype, formative notion; guiding conception, organizing conception; image in the mind, regulative principle. | |
Adverb: under consideration; in question, in the mind; on foot, on the carpet, on the docket, on the tapis; relative to. | |
Adjective: thought of; uppermost in the mind; in petto. | |
Imagination | Float in the mind; suggest itself; (thought). |
Memory | Have in the thoughts, hold in the thoughts, bear in the thoughts, carry in the thoughts, keep in the thoughts, retain in the thoughts, have in the memory, hold in the memory, bear in the memory, carry in the memory, keep in the memory, retain in the memory, have in the mind, hold in the mind, bear in the mind, carry in the mind, keep in the mind, retain in the mind, hold in remembrance; be in one's thoughts, live in one's thoughts, remain in one's thoughts, dwell in one's thoughts, haunt one's thoughts, impress one's thoughts, be in one's mind, live in one's mind, remain in one's mind, dwell in one's mind, haunt one's mind, impress one's mind, dwell in one's memory. |
Sink in the mind; run in the head; not be able to get out of one's head; be deeply impressed with; rankle; (revenge). | |
Thought | Take into consideration; take counsel; (be advised); commune with oneself, bethink oneself; collect one's thoughts; revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, run over in the mind; chew the cud upon, sleep upon; take counsel of one's pillow, advise with one's pillow. |
Occur; present itself, suggest itself; come into one's head, get into one's head; strike one, flit across the view, come uppermost, run in one s head; enter the mind, pass in the mind, cross the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten itself on the mind, be uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind; have in one's mind. | |
In the mind, under consideration. | |
Willingness | Adjective: willing, minded, fain, disposed, inclined, favorable; favorably-minded, favorably inclined, favorably disposed; nothing loth; in the vein, in the mood, in the humor, in the mind. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: In The Mind |
| English words defined with "in the mind": abstract, Apriority ♦ conceived, conception, concretise, concretize ♦ design, digest, draw ♦ envisioned, excogitation ♦ Forethink, form, formed ♦ Heartstruck ♦ implant, imprint, Innate ideas, innovation, invention, inward ♦ know ♦ make ♦ Perpend, pictured, plant ♦ re-create, remind, Revolutive ♦ think, To din into, To reach after ♦ undigested, uppermost ♦ visualised, visualized. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "in the mind": My Favourite Toy Language. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "in the mind": Revolutive. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack! (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern and Peter George. Based on the novel 'Red Alert, aka Two Hours to Doom' by Peter George.) It's all in the mind. (Yellow Submarine; writing credit: Al Brodax; Jack Mendelsohn) No! Rome is an eternal thought in the mind of God. (Spartacus; writing credit: Howard Fast; Dalton Trumbo) Desire begins in the mind. (Dangerous Beauty; writing credit: Jeannine Dominy) Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, end them. (Hamlet; writing credit: William Shakespeare; Kenneth Branagh) | |
Lyrics | Dreams come true it's in the mind (Alright; performing artist: Janet Jackson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | In the Mind of... (2000) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Charles | The idea of a universal and beneficent Creator does not seem to arise in the mind of man, until he has been elevated by long-continued culture. |
David Hume | Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. |
Francois De La Rochefoucauld | The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech. |
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne | Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face. |
Oliver Goldsmith | Vain, very vain is my search to find; that happiness which only centers in the mind. |
Theodore Roosevelt | All the resources we need are in the mind. |
William Cobbett | Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | We mention this merely to complete the picture of the convent in the mind of the reader. |
Hamlet | William Shakespeare | To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms a gainst a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Other forms of stuttering are classified as psychogenic or originating in the mind or mental activity of the brain such as thought and reasoning. (references) | |
Economic History | Ukraine | Prior to considering the Ukrainian market, any U.S. company should be aware of two contradictory attitudes deeply ingrained in the mind of Ukrainian customers. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The sentiment in the mind of every citizen is national strength. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "in the mind": be uppermost in the mind ♦ float in the mind ♦ image in the mind ♦ pass in the mind ♦ sink in the mind ♦ stick in the mind ♦ To turn in the mind ♦ uppermost in the mind. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "in the mind"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Finnish | painua mieleen (imprint itself in the mind). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | a szép időtől kedvem támadt a sétálásra (the bright weather put me in the mind of walking). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | inay ethay indmay unutulmamak (stick in the mind), akılda kalmak (stick in the mind). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 14, Verse 33 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | En kardia agaqh androV sofia en de kardia afronwn ou diaginwsketai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | In corde prudentis requiescit sapientia et indoctos quoque erudiet |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | In the herte of the prudent man shal reste wisdam; and vntayt men also it shal lerne. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 14, Verse 33 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang kaalam magapuyo diha sa kasingkasing niadtong may salabutan; Apan kadtong anaa sa sulod sa mga buang mapadayag sa iyang kaugalingon. |
| Chinese | 智 慧 存 在 聰 明 人 心 中 ． 愚 昧 人 心 裡 所 存 的 、 顯 而 " 見 。 |
| Croatian | U razumnu srcu mudrost poèiva, a što je u bezumnome, to se i pokaže. |
| Danish | Visdom bor i forstandiges Hjerte, i Tåbers Indre kendes den ikke. |
| Dutch | Wijsheid rust in het hart des verstandigen; maar wat in het binnenste der zotten is, wordt bekend. |
| Finnish | Ymmärtäväisen sydämeen ottaa majansa viisaus, ja tyhmien keskellä se itsensä tiettäväksi tekee. |
| French | Dans un coeur intelligent repose la sagesse, Mais au milieu des insensés elle se montre découvert. |
| German | Im Herzen des Verständigen ruht Weisheit, und wird offenbar unter den Narren. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Hikmat selalu ada di dalam pikiran orang berbudi; tapi tertindas dalam pikiran orang bodoh. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa hikmat duduk dalam hati orang yang budiman, tetapi barang yang dalam hati orang bodoh itu kelak akan nyata. |
| Maori | ¶ Ka noho te whakaaro nui ki te ngakau o te tangata matau; engari ko te mea kei te wahi ki roto o nga kuware e whakaaturia ana. |
| Norwegian | I den forstandiges hjerte holder visdommen sig stille, men i dårers indre gir den* sig til kjenne. # <* den visdom de har, d.e. deres dårskap.> |
| Portuguese | No coração do prudente repousa a sabedoria; mas no coração dos tolos não é conhecida. |
| Rumanian | Knyelepciunea se odihnewte kntr`o inimq priceputq, dar kn mijlocul celor nesocotiyi ea se dq de gol. - |
| Russian | нХ"ТПУФШ ПЮЙЕФ Ч УЕТ""Е ТБЪХНОПЗП, Й УТЕ"Й ЗМХ ЩИ "БЕФ ЪОБФШ П УЕ'Е. |
| Swedish | I den förståndiges hjärta bor visheten, och i dårarnas krets gör hon sig kunnig. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-h-i-i-m-n-n-t" | |
-2 letters: hinnied, thinned. | |
-3 letters: dentin, hinted, indent, indite, intend, intime, intine, minted, tineid, tinmen, tinned. | |
-4 letters: demit, denim, hemin, imide, imine, indie, inned, medii, mined, ninth, nitid, teiid, teind, thein, thine, timed, timid, tined. | |
-5 letters: deni, dent, diet, dime, dine, dint, dite, edit, emit, hent, hide, hied, hind, hint, idem, imid, inti, item, mend, meth. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-h-i-i-m-n-n-t" | |
+3 letters: diminishment, indomethacin. | |
+4 letters: diminishments, indomethacins. | |
+5 letters: dehumanization, dimenhydrinate, disfurnishment. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Expressions 11. Translations: Modern 12. Bible Trace | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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