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  • 11cross one's mind — think of, occur to someone It just crossed my mind that I would probably see him in the evening so I didn t phone him …

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  • 12mind, philosophy of — Branch of philosophy that studies the nature of mind and its various manifestations, including intentionality, sensation and sense perception, feeling and emotion, traits of character and personality, the unconscious, volition, thought, memory,… …

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  • 13mind — /muynd/, n. 1. (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind. 2. Psychol. the totality of conscious and unconscious… …

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  • 14Mind monkey — Mahāyāna Buddhism …

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  • 15mind — n 1. intellect, intellectual or mental faculty or powers, cognitive function; psyche, ego, subconscious, Psychoanal. the conscious, Metaphys.I, Philos. self; soul, spirit, inner being, inner man, psychic or spiritual being. 2. genius,… …

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  • 16occur to — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. come to, come to mind, present itself, suggest itself, spring, issue, rise, appear, catch one s attention, arrest the thoughts, pass through one s mind, impress one, enter one s mind, cross one s mind, crop up, strike one …

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  • 17occur — verb 1) the accident occurred at about 3:30 Syn: happen, take place, come about, transpire, materialize, arise, crop up; informal go down; literary come to pass, befall, betide; formal eventuate See note at happen 2) the disease o …

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  • 18occur — v 1. happen, take place, transpire, come to pass, come about, come, Archaic. hap, Inf. come off, befall, supervene, betide, chance, Archaic. bechance, Archaic. arrive; result, ensue, follow, eventuate, turn out. 2. intervene, come up, present… …

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  • 19occur — v. n. 1. Appear, arise, offer, come into view, present itself, be met with, meet the eye, be found. 2. Come to one s mind, come into one s head, flash on the mind, present itself, appear. 3. Befall, happen, fall out, take place, come about, come… …

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  • 20occur — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. happen, take place, transpire, befall; see happen 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at happen . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To take place: befall, betide, come, come about, come off, develop, hap, happen, pass, transpire.… …

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