bear in mind

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bear in mind

/ˌbɛə̯ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/ UK
/ˌbɛː-/ UK
/ˌbeɹ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/ US
/ˌbɛɹ-/ US
/ˌbɛɹ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/ Canada
/-ˈmʌɪ̯nd/ Canada
/ˌbeː ɪn ˈmɑe̯nd/ Australia
/ˌbiə̯ ən ˈmaɪ̯nd/ New Zealand
/ˌbeə̯-/ New Zealand
/ˌbeɹ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/ Scotland
/-ˈmʌi̯nd/ Scotland
/-ˈməi̯nd/ Scotland
/ˌbɛːʳ ɪn ˈmajnd/ India

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From bear (“to carry; to hold”) + in mind. First attested in the first half of 1500s.

verb bears in mind · bearing in mind · bore in mind · borne in mind

idiomatic, transitive To hold (something) in the memory; to remember; also, to be mindful of or pay attention to (something); to consider; to note. Bear in mind that I’m not as young as I was, so I can’t walk as fast as you.
Similar: keep in mind, bear in mind, bethink, mind, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think back, umbethink

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verb to hold (something) in the memory — see also remember, take into account

Español	tener en mente, tener presente, en atención a, atento a
日本語	服膺する fukuyō suru, 気に留める ki ni tomeru, 心掛ける kokorogakeru, 心に掛ける kokoro ni kakeru, 心に留める kokoro ni tomeru, 心する kokorosuru
中文	謹記 /谨记 jǐnjì, 記住 /记住 jìzhù, 注意 zhùyì
Português	ter em mente, ter presente
Français	garder à l'esprit, se rappeler
Deutsch	beachten, berücksichtigen, in Betracht ziehen, vergegenwärtigen
Italiano	considerare, tenere conto, tenere presente
Русский	име́ть в виду́ imétʹ v vidú, по́мнить pómnitʹ
العربية	ذَكَرَ ḏakara, حَفِظَ ḥafiẓa, اِذَّكَرَ iḏḏakara, تَذَكَّرَ taḏakkara

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@misc{bear_in_mind_2026,
  title = {bear in mind},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bear%20in%20mind},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}