BEAR IN MIND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bear in mind mean? 

• BEAR IN MIND (verb)
  The verb BEAR IN MIND has 1 sense:

1. keep in mind

  Familiarity information: BEAR IN MIND used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEAR IN MIND (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Keep in mind

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

bear in mind; mind

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 

And, hark ye, you will avoid debt, and bear in mind that your honour is a sacred thing.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But you'll bear in mind about the money, as theer's at all times some laying by for him?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

We have to bear in mind, remarked Summerlee, that there are many prehistoric forms which have never come down to us.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Bear in mind too, that it is Herward the bailiff for whom you pray, and not Herward the sheriff, who is my uncle's son.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You'll please bear in mind it's not my life only now—it's that boy's into the bargain; and you'll speak me fair, doctor, and give me a bit o' hope to go on, for the sake of mercy.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Of course you must bear in mind that I did not have full opportunity of examination such as I should wish; our very friendship makes a little difficulty which not even medical science or custom can bridge over.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

‘You must bear in mind,’ said I, ‘that the Royal party made head in England even after the death of the King, and that when they at last fled they probably left many of their most precious possessions buried behind them, with the intention of returning for them in more peaceful times.’

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The public are entreated to bear in mind that thirteen years have passed since it was finished, many more since it was begun, and that during that period, places, manners, books, and opinions have undergone considerable changes.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

We must bear in mind that Oberstein has gone to the Continent to dispose of his booty, but not with any idea of flight; for he had no reason to fear a warrant, and the idea of an amateur domiciliary visit would certainly never occur to him.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“They won’t bear in mind that youth will be served. They only learn wisdom when it’s knocked into them.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)