förstånd — meaning in English

English meaning

• brain noun The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the rest of the nervous system.
• mind noun The part of a person responsible for thought, awareness, memory, and reasoning.
• reason noun A cause or explanation for something; the motive behind an action.
• sanity noun The state of having a healthy, rational mind.
• sense noun One of the physical faculties — sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch — through which the body perceives the world.

Senses

förstånd is used for these senses in English:

• brain (in the plural) Intellect.
• mind The capability for rational thought.
• mind A healthy mental state.
• reason (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
• sanity The condition of being sane.
• sense Sound practical or moral judgment.

brain — full definition

1. noun The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the rest of the nervous system.
2. noun A person's intelligence or mental ability.
3. noun An especially intelligent person, or the person supplying the ideas behind a plan.
4. verb Informal: to hit someone hard on the head.

mind — full definition

1. noun The part of a person responsible for thought, awareness, memory, and reasoning.
2. noun An opinion, intention, or attitude.
3. verb To be bothered by or object to something.
4. verb To look after or take care of someone or something briefly.
5. verb To be careful about something, or to pay attention to it.

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