mindful

English

Alternative forms

mindefull, mindfull (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From Middle English myndeful, myndefull, from Old English ġemyndful (“of good memory”), equivalent to mind +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌɪndfəl/
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Adjective

mindful (comparative more mindful, superlative most mindful)

Being aware (of something); attentive, heedful. [from 14th c.]
- 2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC Sport‎:
  Alex McLeish, perhaps mindful of the flak he has been taking from sections of the Villa support for a perceived negative style of play, handed starts to wingers Charles N'Zogbia and Albrighton.
(obsolete) Inclined (to do something). [16th–19th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
  These noble warriors, mindefull to pursew / The last daies purpose of their vowed fight, / Them selves thereto preparde in order dew […].

Antonyms

mindless
seat-of-the-pants

Derived terms

mindfully
mindfulness

Translations

Being aware (of something)

French: conscient (fr)
Italian: consapevole (it)
Old English: ġemyndiġ

attentive, heedful

Bulgarian: внимателен (bg) (vnimatelen)
Polish: pomny

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Translations to be checked‌: "bearing in mind"

Chinese:
Mandarin: 铭记于心的
Finnish: jostakin tietoinen, jonkin huomioon ottava
Greek: προσεκτικός (el) (prosektikós), επιμελής (el) (epimelís)
Italian: memore (it)
Latin: memor
Maori: puakaha, whaiwhakaaro
Russian: держа в уме (derža v ume), памятуя (pamjatuja)
Scottish Gaelic: cùramach

Etymology 2

mind +‎ -ful

Noun

mindful (plural mindfuls)

As much as can be held in one's mind at a time.
- 1995, R. Tallis, Newton's Sleep: The Two Cultures and the Two Kingdoms:
  A work of art may exceed a 'mindful' – whatever it is that can be accommodated within a mind at a given time – and may have to be regarded as a series of mindfuls.
- 2008, Pavel G Somov, Eating the Moment:
  So, whereas mouthfuls and servings are the units of fullness, mindfuls and savorings are the units of mind-fullness.
- 2014, Toshiharu Taura, Principia Designae - Pre-Design, Design, and Post-Design:
  A sketch can hold several mindfuls, allowing designers to see far more than they can imagine, allowing designers to integrate mindfuls.