bear in mind

verb
/ˌbɛə̯ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/UK/ˌbeɹ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/US/ˌbɛɹ ɪn ˈmaɪ̯nd/CA/ˌbeː ɪn ˈmɑe̯nd/

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. To hold (something) in the memory

    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.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:bear in mind.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bear in mind. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA