to wander
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3.3
- verb
- /ˈwɑndər/
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- You are noticing when your mind begins to wander and you're returning back to the breath.
- mind wanders
- attention wanders
- discussion wanders
I am sort of in my own thoughts, wandering, dreaming, scheming.
- I am sort of in my own thoughts, wandering, dreaming, scheming.
- If the mind wanders away, bring it back to that point.
- Well, interestingly, the way to stop mind wandering is actually to clear your mind.
- We rest when our mind wanders, but we also plan when our mind wanders.
- Now I think my mind was wandering in class.
- So for that man, he may wander off into thinking you're not interested.
- But you know, we'll, we'll have a lot of time to kind of wander around in the topic.
- You are noticing when your mind begins to wander and you're returning back to the breath.
- She told me that again, my brain is wandering.
- And then you can wander about what is the wisdom that that world carries.
- It's not just you wandering through your unconscious memories and things.
- In the body's illness, the mind wanders, right?
- I wonder comes from the root of I wander when when we wonder, we wander off the path.
Examples
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Learn to concentrate on something, not let your brain wander all over the place.
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And when it wanders, just bring it back.
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If your mind starts to wander, Please note where that is.
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Now I think my mind was wandering in class.
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She said the mind may wander, for that is what the mind does.
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You know, my attention wandered.
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Well, interestingly, the way to stop mind wandering is actually to clear your mind.
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My body may be shackled, but my mind wanders free.
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Certainly, the temptation for political scientists to wander off course seems greater than for economists or psychologists.
Academic text (1995) -
When I try to focus on studying, I often notice my mind wander to other things.
Synonyms
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2.9
To move slowly without a clear direction, for example when air or water move something
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4.0
To move away from the main topic when speaking or writing
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6.8
To start talking about something else for a short time
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6.2
Talk for a long time in an unclear way about small unimportant things
To wander away from the main subject when speaking or writing
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Etymology
Wander This meaning comes from the same image of 'turning' as in wind, but for the mind: your thoughts 'turn away' from the main topic. So when your mind or speech wanders, it leaves the main path and loses focus.