"change one's mind" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-change one's mind.ogg Forms: changes one's mind [present, singular, third-person], changing one's mind [participle, present], changed one's mind [participle, past], changed one's mind [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} change one's mind (third-person singular simple present changes one's mind, present participle changing one's mind, simple past and past participle changed one's mind)
  1. (idiomatic) To decide differently than one had decided before. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Thinking Related terms: change of mind, change someone's mind, change of heart, close one's mind, have second thoughts, hearts and minds, make up one's mind, prevaricate, think better of Translations (to decide differently than one had decided before): μεταμέλομαι (metamélomai) (Ancient Greek), غَيَّرَ رَأْيَهُ (ḡayyara raʔyahu) (Arabic), միտքը փոխել (mitkʻə pʻoxel) (Armenian), fikrini dəyişmək (Azerbaijani), пераду́мваць (pjeradúmvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), пераду́маць (pjeradúmacʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), разду́мваць (razdúmvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), разду́маць (razdúmacʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), разми́слям (razmísljam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), разми́сля (razmíslja) [perfective] (Bulgarian), canviar d'opinió (Catalan), repensar-s'hi (Catalan), 改變主意 /改变主意 (gǎibiàn zhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 變卦 /变卦 (biànguà) [derogatory] (Chinese Mandarin), změnit názor [perfective] (Czech), rozmyslit se [perfective] (Czech), ombestemme sig (Danish), van gedachten veranderen (Dutch), zich bedenken (Dutch), ŝanĝi sian opinion (Esperanto), decidi alie (Esperanto), meelt muutma (Estonian), muuttaa mielensä (Finnish), muuttaa mieltään (Finnish), changer d’avis (French), se raviser (French), acordar (Galician), seine Meinung ändern (German), sich umentscheiden (German), es sich anders überlegen (German), שִׁנָּה אֶת דַּעֲתוֹ (shiná et da'ató) (Hebrew), meggondolja magát (Hungarian), sjá sig um hönd (Icelandic), hringla með (Icelandic), intinn a athrú (Irish), cambiare idea (Italian), 気が変わる (ki ga kawaru) (alt: きがかわる) (Japanese), 思い直す (omoinaosu) (alt: おもいなおす) (Japanese), айну (ainu) (Kazakh), 마음을 바꾸다 (ma'eum-eul bakkuda) (Korean), 의견을 바꾸다 (uigyeon-eul bakkuda) (Korean), 생각을 바꾸다 (saenggag-eul bakkuda) (Korean), 결심을 바꾸다 (gyeolsim-eul bakkuda) (Korean), 고쳐 생각하다 (gocheo saenggakhada) (Korean), sententiam muto (Latin), kihirua (Maori), skifte mening (Norwegian Bokmål), endre oppfatning (Norwegian Bokmål), ombestemme seg (Norwegian Bokmål), zmienić zdanie [perfective] (Polish), rozmyślać się [imperfective] (Polish), rozmyślić się [perfective] (Polish), mudar de ideia (Portuguese), răzgândi (Romanian), переду́мывать (peredúmyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), переду́мать (peredúmatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), разду́мывать (razdúmyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разду́мать (razdúmatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), zmeniť názor [perfective] (Slovak), rozmyslieť sa [perfective] (Slovak), cambiar de opinión (Spanish), cambiar de idea (Spanish), cambiar de parecer (Spanish), mudar de idea (Spanish), mudar de opinión (Spanish), mudar de parecer (Spanish), ändra sig (Swedish), ändra åsikt (Swedish), ändra mening (Swedish), เปลี่ยนใจ (bplìian-jai) (Thai), fikrini değiştirmek (Turkish), переду́мувати (peredúmuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), переду́мати (peredúmaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), розду́мати (rozdúmaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), đổi ý (Vietnamese), thay đổi ý định (Vietnamese)
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          "ref": "2006 Baggs, Amanda, Changes in Self-Awareness Over Time, Disclaimer on Assumptions, [http://] ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?page_id=294 May 2006",
          "text": "So don’t necessarily assume that something has changed if I appear to have changed my mind, sometimes my mind is all that’s changed."
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          "ref": "2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 61:",
          "text": "Of course, I was not always right. I questioned the value of Crossrail (a scheme revived by Prescott after being scrapped by the Conservatives), suggesting wrongly that it may be \"doomed to hit the buffers\" […]. A dozen years later, I published my book on it, extolling the line's wonders. We are all allowed to change our minds.",
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        "(idiomatic) To decide differently than one had decided before."
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          "word": "change of mind"
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          "word": "change someone's mind"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "close one's mind"
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        {
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        {
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḡayyara raʔyahu",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "غَيَّرَ رَأْيَهُ"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "mitkʻə pʻoxel",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "միտքը փոխել"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "fikrini dəyişmək"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pjeradúmvacʹ",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "пераду́мваць"
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          "roman": "pjeradúmacʹ",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "пераду́маць"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "razdúmvacʹ",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "razdúmacʹ",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "разду́маць"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razmísljam",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "разми́слям"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razmíslja",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "разми́сля"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "canviar d'opinió"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "repensar-s'hi"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gǎibiàn zhǔyì",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "改變主意 /改变主意"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "biànguà",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "變卦 /变卦"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "změnit názor"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "rozmyslit se"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "ombestemme sig"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "van gedachten veranderen"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "zich bedenken"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "ŝanĝi sian opinion"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "decidi alie"
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        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "meelt muutma"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "muuttaa mielensä"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "muuttaa mieltään"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "changer d’avis"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "se raviser"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "acordar"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "seine Meinung ändern"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "sich umentscheiden"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "es sich anders überlegen"
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "metamélomai",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "μεταμέλομαι"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shiná et da'ató",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "שִׁנָּה אֶת דַּעֲתוֹ"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "meggondolja magát"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "sjá sig um hönd"
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "hringla með"
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        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "intinn a athrú"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "cambiare idea"
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          "alt": "きがかわる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ki ga kawaru",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "気が変わる"
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        {
          "alt": "おもいなおす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "omoinaosu",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "思い直す"
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ainu",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "айну"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ma'eum-eul bakkuda",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "마음을 바꾸다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "uigyeon-eul bakkuda",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "의견을 바꾸다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "saenggag-eul bakkuda",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "생각을 바꾸다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyeolsim-eul bakkuda",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "결심을 바꾸다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gocheo saenggakhada",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "고쳐 생각하다"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "sententiam muto"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "kihirua"
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          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "skifte mening"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "endre oppfatning"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "ombestemme seg"
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          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rozmyślić się"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "mudar de ideia"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "răzgândi"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "peredúmyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "переду́мывать"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "переду́мать"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "разду́мывать"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razdúmatʹ",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "разду́мать"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zmeniť názor"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "rozmyslieť sa"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "cambiar de opinión"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "cambiar de idea"
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        {
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "cambiar de parecer"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "mudar de idea"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "word": "mudar de opinión"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "mudar de parecer"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "ändra sig"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "ändra åsikt"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "ändra mening"
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        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bplìian-jai",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "เปลี่ยนใจ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "fikrini değiştirmek"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "peredúmuvaty",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "переду́мувати"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "peredúmaty",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "переду́мати"
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        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozdúmaty",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "розду́мати"
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        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "đổi ý"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
          "word": "thay đổi ý định"
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          "text": "Of course, I was not always right. I questioned the value of Crossrail (a scheme revived by Prescott after being scrapped by the Conservatives), suggesting wrongly that it may be \"doomed to hit the buffers\" […]. A dozen years later, I published my book on it, extolling the line's wonders. We are all allowed to change our minds.",
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      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "غَيَّرَ رَأْيَهُ"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mitkʻə pʻoxel",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "միտքը փոխել"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "fikrini dəyişmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjeradúmvacʹ",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пераду́мваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjeradúmacʹ",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "пераду́маць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "razdúmvacʹ",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "разду́мваць"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "razdúmacʹ",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разду́маць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razmísljam",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разми́слям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razmíslja",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разми́сля"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "canviar d'opinió"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "repensar-s'hi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǎibiàn zhǔyì",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "改變主意 /改变主意"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biànguà",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "變卦 /变卦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "změnit názor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozmyslit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "ombestemme sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "van gedachten veranderen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "zich bedenken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "ŝanĝi sian opinion"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "decidi alie"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "meelt muutma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "muuttaa mielensä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "muuttaa mieltään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "changer d’avis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "se raviser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "acordar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "seine Meinung ändern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "sich umentscheiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "es sich anders überlegen"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "metamélomai",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "μεταμέλομαι"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shiná et da'ató",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "שִׁנָּה אֶת דַּעֲתוֹ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "meggondolja magát"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "sjá sig um hönd"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "hringla með"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "intinn a athrú"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "cambiare idea"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きがかわる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ki ga kawaru",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "気が変わる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おもいなおす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "omoinaosu",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "思い直す"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ainu",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "айну"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ma'eum-eul bakkuda",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "마음을 바꾸다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "uigyeon-eul bakkuda",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "의견을 바꾸다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "saenggag-eul bakkuda",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "생각을 바꾸다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyeolsim-eul bakkuda",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "결심을 바꾸다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gocheo saenggakhada",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "고쳐 생각하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "sententiam muto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "kihirua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "skifte mening"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "endre oppfatning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "ombestemme seg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zmienić zdanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozmyślać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozmyślić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "mudar de ideia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "răzgândi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "peredúmyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "переду́мывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "peredúmatʹ",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "переду́мать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razdúmyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разду́мывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razdúmatʹ",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разду́мать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zmeniť názor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "rozmyslieť sa"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "cambiar de opinión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "cambiar de idea"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "cambiar de parecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "mudar de idea"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "mudar de opinión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "mudar de parecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "ändra sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "ändra åsikt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "ändra mening"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bplìian-jai",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "เปลี่ยนใจ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "fikrini değiştirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "peredúmuvaty",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "переду́мувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "peredúmaty",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "переду́мати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozdúmaty",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "розду́мати"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "đổi ý"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to decide differently than one had decided before",
      "word": "thay đổi ý định"
    }
  ],
  "word": "change one's mind"
}

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