How to explore a word's meanings with its Vocabulary card

The Mind card in Vocabulary lists several translations and meanings. That makes sense: mind can be a noun or a verb, and fixed expressions need to be understood as a whole.

Start with Common collocations. The mind card includes:

state of mind — a person's mental or emotional state;
mind your manners — behave politely;
make up your mind — decide.

Lexical family and Common collocations for Mind

Click a combination to search for it. Results for mind your manners include Hey, you better mind your manners from Star Trek (2009). Someone is being told to behave. The noun meaning of mind as the thinking part of a person would not explain this line.

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When to use the other fields

Definitions helps when a short translation does not explain the meaning. Verb and Noun show word forms, including minded, minding, and minds. These forms are links to searches.

Domains, Register, and Definitions on the Mind card

The verb forms of mind and the plural noun minds

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