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mindful of

mindful of

31 4.0
Aware of something and careful about it
  • idiom
  • /ˈmaɪndfəl əv/
translation icon : consciente de
  • And whatever you decide, please be mindful of those who care about you most.
  • mindful of the need
  • mindful of the fact
  • mindful of the limitations

You need to heal, but be mindful of your home environment.

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Examples

  • Help us be ever mindful of the needs of others.

    Footloose (2011)

  • The following suggestions for improving educational access are, therefore, mindful of current economic concerns.

    Academic text (1992)

  • See if you can be mindful of that in each moment.

  • So just keep being mindful of that, knowing when and knowing the rules.

  • We are not really mindful of the way we feel about a lot of things.

  • You want to be mindful of the broken glass.

    Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)

  • We need you to be a president who is mindful of the next seven generations.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Be very mindful of how we're communicating.

    Bedros Keuilian

  • So I am very mindful of what we can and can't control.

    The Financial Diet

  • You should be mindful of the time when taking the exam to ensure you finish.

Synonyms

aware
vsmindful of
∞ 2.7

Knowing that something exists or is happening

involves attentive care and deliberate regard beyond simple knowing
conscious
vsmindful of
103 3.5

Aware of something and noticing it or its effects

adds active attention and concern, not just having knowledge
considerate
vsmindful of
68 2.5

Showing care for other people's needs and feelings

is about being attentive to things as well as caring for others
watchful
vsmindful of
37 3.2

Being careful and ready to notice danger or problems

focuses on careful, caring attention instead of spotting danger
cognizant
vsmindful of
22 7.5

Aware of a fact or a situation

adds regular attention and careful action rather than mere information
thoughtful
vsmindful of
19 3.2

Paying careful attention to what is happening

is also knowingly attentive and shows deliberate care

Antonyms

unaware
175 2.9

Not knowing that something is happening or true

neglectful
8 4.4

Not giving enough care or attention when something needs it

How Mindful

considerate
68 2.5
attentive
61 3.0
mindful of
31 4.0
aware
∞ 2.7
unaware
175 2.9

Surface Forms

mindful of positive
mindfuler of comparative
mindfulest of superlative

Morphology

mindful + of

The adjective 'mindful' already encodes awareness and 'of' functions as a simple prepositional marker linking the object; together they compositionally yield 'conscious of and attentive to X.' This adjective + preposition pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows normal English composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Mindful of comes from the picture of keeping something in your head — being mindful means holding the idea in your mind and the small word of points to what you are thinking about. So, if you are mindful of your tone, you are 'aware' and 'careful' about your tone.