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to put in mind of

to put in mind of

3.9
To make someone remember a person or thing
  • phrasal verb
  • UK
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  • I'm put in mind of a British TV series that ran for one season.

Examples

  • If they were indeed inexcusably sinful, by what mediation were they put in mind of their duty?

    Academic text (2018)
  • With regard to pornography in its various guises and the argument that there's nothing wrong with any of them, for some reason I am put in mind of how many people mistakenly think the phrase is 'Money is the root of all evil' rather than 'Love of money.'

    Blog text (1)
  • I confess: I could not visit Singapore without being put in mind of what an odd light Singapore and its solution to its cultural problems shed on our current debates about culture.

    Academic text (1992)
  • I am put in mind of Hegel's sharp remarks about unbridled skepticism, comparing it to bickering children who love to contradict each other.

    Academic text (2017)
  • But when he did, crushing the game but, um, physically limited Nik Pekovic in the process, I was put in mind of 'Nique himself and his elastic, eyes-at-rim-level tomahawk classics.

    Blog text (15)
  • The song's melody put in mind of my childhood and the summer days spent at the beach.

  • When I saw the old photograph, it put in mind of the stories my grandmother used to tell.

  • The scent of the flowers put in mind of the garden she used to tend with her mother.

Synonyms

to remind
vsto put in mind of
1.0

To make someone remember something they need to do or something from the past

is the wider act of causing memory, not only for duties or events
to recall
vsto put in mind of
2.4

Remember something from the past

is the act of causing someone to remember rather than self remembering
to remind someone of
vsto put in mind of
2.6

To make someone think of a person, place, or time from the past

is the general act of causing that thought rather than a specific prompt
to bring to
vsto put in mind of
188 3.7

To make someone remember or think of something

is the broader act of producing that memory rather than the exact method
to bring back
vsto put in mind of
143 3.0

Make someone remember something from the past

is the general act of causing recall rather than this simple phrasing
to come to mind
vsto put in mind of
120 3.0

To suddenly think of something or remember it

is the deliberate act of causing that thought rather than it appearing alone
to evoke
vsto put in mind of
71 4.8

To bring a memory, image, or feeling to mind

is the specific act of making someone remember rather than any response
to ring a bell
vsto put in mind of
  • Informal
57 3.5

To seem familiar and make you remember something

is the act of causing memory rather than mere familiarity feeling
to bring back memories
vsto put in mind of
21 3.5

To make someone remember the past, for example a song or photo

is the neutral act of causing memory, not focused on feelings
to jog one's memory
vsto put in mind of
5 4.5

Help someone remember something they forgot

is the general causing of memory, not only for forgotten items
to remind of
vsto put in mind of
2.6

Make someone think of another person or thing that is similar

is the general causing of memory, not limited to similarity cues

Antonyms

1.0

Not remember something you should remember

How Evocative

to conjure up
40 6.2
to evoke
71 4.8
to put in mind of
  • UK
3.9
to call up
11 3.2
to mention
1.0

Surface Forms

put in mind of infinitive
put in mind of past participle
putting in mind of present participle
puts in mind of third person singular

Morphology

put + in + mind + of

The meaning is directly built from the constituents: 'put' (place), 'in' (into), and 'mind' (the faculty that remembers/thinks), so a learner can infer 'place something in someone's mind' = cause them to remember or think of it. This compositional image is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English verb + preposition + noun logic, making it transparent for a B1 learner who knows the words.

Etymology

Put in mind of comes from the simple image of you putting an idea in someone's mind, like dropping a small picture into a box in their head. So when something puts you in mind of someone or something, it 'reminds' you of them.