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The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.
John Keats

Meaning of "make up one's mind" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAKE UP ONE'S MIND

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WHAT DOES MAKE UP ONE'S MIND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of make up one's mind in the English dictionary

The definition of make up one's mind in the dictionary is to decide.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAKE UP ONE'S MIND

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MAKE UP ONE'S MIND

absence of mind
at the back of one´s mind
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call to mind
change one´s mind
cross one´s mind
frame of mind
give someone a piece of one´s mind
in one´s right mind
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Synonyms and antonyms of make up one's mind in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «make up one's mind» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

弥补自己的心灵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

compensar la mente
570 millions of speakers

English

make up one´s mind
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

किसी के मन बना
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

تشكل عقل واحد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

составляют свой ​​ум
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

compõem a mente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কারো মনস্থির করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rattraper son esprit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membuat minda seseorang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bilden den Verstand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自分の心を構成する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하나 의 마음을 만들
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggawe pikiran siji
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

quyết định
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒருவரை தீர்மானிக்க செய்ய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मन तयार कर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fikrini telafi etmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

portare la propria mente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uzupełnić swój umysł
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

складають свій розум
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

face până mintea cuiva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάνει μέχρι το μυαλό κάποιου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

make-up ´n mens se verstand
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

utgör ett sinne
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjøre seg opp en mening
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAKE UP ONE'S MIND»

The term «make up one's mind» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.183 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about make up one's mind

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Famous quotes and sentences with the word make up one's mind.
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John Keats
The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAKE UP ONE'S MIND»

Discover the use of make up one's mind in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to make up one's mind and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Practical Conflicts: New Philosophical Essays
But one can thus purport to make up one's mind without actually succeeding, since the purportedly stable stance that one has instituted may consist in a general principle that one might instandy revoke at any time. Objectively speaking, then ...
Peter Baumann, Monika Betzler, 2004
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
make up one's mind to do s.th. durchringen: sich dazu durchringen, etw. zu tun/ sich zu etw. durchringen not to be able to make up one's mind Entschluß: zu keinem Entschluß kommen * heiß: weder heiß noch kalt sein/(nicht heiß und nicht kalt ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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Macmillan Dictionary for Children
Instead, they want more time to decide. "To make up one's mind" means "to decide." The phrase "to make up one's mind" means something different from what you would expect from the meanings of the individual words in it. Such a phrase is ...
Robert B. Costello, 2001
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Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
to make a resolution, make up one's mind, be determined (to do s.th.), to set a date; to render a decision (judge of a higher court) either affirming or overturning the verdict of a lower court, to be supreme judge; to cut across (s.o.'s path); to cut  ...
Thomas Leiper Kane, 1990
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Action, Ethics, and Responsibility
O'Shaughnessy (1980, 298) also observes that, when one makes up one's mind that p, there is no intention to make up one's mind that p. One might intend, rather , to make up one's mind whether p. He takes this fact to imply that cognitive ...
Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, Harry Silverstein, 2010
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Self to Self: Selected Essays
But one can thus purport to make up one's mind without actually succeeding, since the purportedly stable stance that one has instituted may consist in a general principle that one might instantly revoke at any time. Objectively speaking, then ...
J. David Velleman, 2006
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Neo-confucian Terms Explained
One is the defect of being content with the regular and sticking to habit and the inability to make up one's mind courageously to uplift oneself. The other defect is to hold on to one's biased and subjective opinions and to fail to open one's mind  ...
Chun Chen, Wing-tsit Chan, 1986
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Reason Informed by Faith: Foundations of Catholic Morality
In other words, a criterion of a mature moral conscience is the ahility to make up one's mind for oneself about what ought to be done. Note: the criterion says for oneself, not by oneself. The mature conscience is formed and exercised in ...
Richard M. Gula, 1989
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The Psychology of Freedom
But then decision-making would not be a reason-applying agency: it would not be rationalitypreserving in its effects on the agent's subsequent motivation and agency. . So we cannot make our minds up at will. A decision to make up one's mind ...
Thomas Pink, 2007
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The Complete Works of John Keats
... feel he has a personal identity unless he has made up his mind about everything. The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing — to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts, not a select party.
John Keats, Harry Buxton Forman, 1820

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAKE UP ONE'S MIND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term make up one's mind is used in the context of the following news items.
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An Appeal for Cognitive Dissonance
... "The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing -- to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Bombay Fables author Gyan Prakash stands by Bombay Velvet
I think one needs to step back from the noise, take a breath, and then watch the film to make up one's mind." Back to Movie Features ... «Bollywood Hungama, May 15»
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We don't know how lucky we are
Cambridge is the most privileged constituency in the country because it's so difficult to make up one's mind. A win for Julian Huppert, Daniel ... «Varsity Online, May 15»
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Russians demand Lukashenka's holding referendum on unification …
The time has come to make up one's mind, and it has become clear that Ukraine as a transitional quarter is over, and it's time to choose, are ... «Charter 97, Apr 15»
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May 7: it's your tribe's call
Oooh, it's so hard to make up one's mind, isn't it? And Barry, a prison officer in Rochester, with his pitbull, Tyson, and his deeply held conviction ... «The Sunday Times, Mar 15»
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Get real: why socialist realist painting deserves another look
Because of this, it is hard in the end to make up one's mind about the value of sots-realist aesthetics as a viable tool of resistance to oppression. «The Calvert Journal, Dec 14»
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Book Club review: Ian Nairn
He taught a whole generation to look, to make up one's mind for oneself, and not to accept. At a time when we seem to have lost the will to ... «Building Design, Oct 14»
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Waffles at Iron Roost
To waffle, in North American English, means to fail to make up one's mind. Can't decide between sweet and savory at brunch? Just get a waffle. «alloveralbany, Oct 14»
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... donation(s) (4); 6 Dad's Army (4,5); 7 Soft French cheese (9); 12 Loyal (8); 14 Make up one's mind (6); 15 Completely (6); 17 Nimble (4) ... «The Guardian, Jul 14»
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Johnson: Ken Miller shows how science, religion coexist
... history through the eyes of an intelligent designer, one would see a confused entity that could not ever seem to make up one's mind. «Iowa State Daily, Apr 14»

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