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BEAR IN MIND
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Keep in mind
Synonyms:
bear in mind; mind
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "bear in mind" is one way to...):
remember; think of (keep in mind for attention or consideration)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bear in mind"):
attend to; take to heart (get down to; pay attention to; take seriously)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Context examples:
“Parbleu!” he cried, “the cause of quarrel? Why, mon petit, it was years ago in Limousin, and how can I bear in mind what was the cause of it? Simon there hath it at the end of his tongue.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I trust, said Mr. Micawber, solemnly, that my son Wilkins will ever bear in mind, that he had infinitely better put his fist in the fire, than use it to handle the serpents that have poisoned the life-blood of his unhappy parent!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
When I was leaving the room, last of our party, he said to me in a quiet, well-bred voice:—You will, I trust, Dr. Seward, do me the justice to bear in mind, later on, that I did what I could to convince you to-night.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
I would have you bear in mind, he continued to his squires, that gentle courtesy is not, as is the base use of so many false knights, to be shown only to maidens of high degree, for there is no woman so humble that a true knight may not listen to her tale of wrong.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And I pray you to bear in mind, Edricson, that he hath two pair of shoes, those of red leather for common use, and the others with golden toe-chains, which he may wear should he chance to drink wine with the Prince or with Chandos.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
