Minding

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of taking heed of something.

    "a. 1691, Richard Baxter, a sermon […] those holy breathings after God, and that sense of the evil of sin, and that conscience of duty, and those groans excited by the spirit of prayer, and those mindings of the things of another world […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of mind form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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heedattentionbewarebraindesiregenius

Example

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"He was in the shop, minding his own business, when the car crashed through the wall."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English mynding, myndyng, equivalent to mind + -ing.

Etymology 2

From mind + -ing.

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