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have in mind

idiom
Meaning

To consider, to contemplate, to intend.


Examples
SIMPLE

Do you have a specific color in mind for the wall?

CONTEXTUAL

I have a few different travel destinations in mind for our summer vacation this year.

COMPLEX

The architect had a bold, modern design in mind when she first began sketching the plans for the new city library.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bear in mind

    To hold (something) in the memory; to remember; also, to be mindful of or pay attention to (something); to consider; to note.

  2. 02

    blow someone's mind

    To astonish someone; to flabbergast someone.

  3. 03

    bored out of one's mind

    Extremely bored.

  4. 04

    cast one's mind back

    To try to remember a particular time or event; to think about something in the past.

  5. 05

    change one's mind

    To decide differently than one had decided before.

  6. 06

    change someone's mind

    To convince someone to make a choice or develop a preference differing from their previous one.

  7. 07

    close one's mind

    To refuse to understand things.

  8. 08

    come to mind

    To appear in one's thoughts.

Last updated April 17, 2026