Minded

How to spell minded

6 letters · 2 syllables

How to pronounce minded

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does minded mean?

1. verbPast tense of mind: attended to, looked after, or objected to something.
2. adjectiveInclined or disposed to do something, or having a specified kind of attitude.

Minded in a sentence

• verb

  She minded the shop while her business partner was on holiday.

• adjective

  The manager was minded to approve the budget after seeing the figures.

• verb

  The neighbour kindly minded the children for the whole afternoon.

• adjective

  The committee seemed minded to delay the decision until spring.

Where does minded come from?

Language of origin: Germanic

The base word comes from the Old English gemynd, which meant memory, remembrance, or the faculty of thinking, and which was related to the verb munan, meaning to think or remember. This in turn traces back to a very old Indo-European root meaning to think, the same root that gave Latin its mens (mind) and mentor, and Greek its menos (spirit). Over the medieval period the noun mind broadened from pure memory to the whole thinking faculty, and a verb developed alongside it meaning to attend to, take notice of, or look after. The form minded is simply that verb's past tense, and it also serves as an adjective meaning inclined or disposed, as in the older sense of having one's mind set a certain way. Because the d follows the n cleanly and the e is fully sounded, this word carries no real spelling trap beyond remembering the single d before the suffix.

How the word is built

• mind (from Old English gemynd: memory, thought)
• -ed (past-tense / adjective suffix)