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PRESENCE OF MIND

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Dictionary entry overview: What does presence of mind mean?

• PRESENCE OF MIND (noun)
The noun PRESENCE OF MIND has 1 sense:

1. self-control in a crisis; ability to say or do the right thing in an emergency

Familiarity information: PRESENCE OF MIND used as a noun is very rare.

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• PRESENCE OF MIND (noun)

Sense 1

presence of mind ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Self-control in a crisis; ability to say or do the right thing in an emergency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("presence of mind" is a kind of...):

possession; self-command; self-control; self-possession; self-will; willpower (the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior)

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