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minding

adj · noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: M AY1 N D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of taking heed of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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 [...]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of mind

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From mind + -ing.

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