Meanings
- colloquialidiomaticUsed to introduce a qualification or contrastive statement, especially when toning down or rectifying
These shirts are very expensive. Mind you, they are excellent quality.
2 more examples
Mind you, it was not an outing I would recommend as relaxing.
1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 47Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBNSynonyms: however, nevertheless, be aware, nonetheless, on the other hand, but
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbUsed to introduce a qualification or contrastive statement, especially when toning down or rectifying
Translations
French ceci dit
- ceci ditintroducing a qualification or contrastive statement
German wohlgemerkt
- wohlgemerktintroducing a qualification or contrastive statement
Hungarian viszont, azonban
- viszontintroducing a qualification or contrastive statement
- azonbanintroducing a qualification or contrastive statement
- ugyanakkorintroducing a qualification or contrastive statement
- ámintroducing a qualification or contrastive statement
- az viszont/persze igaz, hogyintroducing a qualification or contrastive statement
- no perszeintroducing a qualification or contrastive statement
- ezzel együttintroducing a qualification or contrastive statement
- másfelől viszontintroducing a qualification or contrastive statement
Russian прошу́ заме́тить, заме́тьте
- прошу́ заме́тить (prošú zamétitʹ)introducing a qualification or contrastive statement
- заме́тьте (zamétʹte)introducing a qualification or contrastive statement
- заме́ть (zamétʹ)introducing a qualification or contrastive statement
- учти́ (učtí)introducing a qualification or contrastive statement
- учти́те (učtíte)introducing a qualification or contrastive statement
- впро́чем (vpróčem)introducing a qualification or contrastive statement
- пра́вда (právda)introducing a qualification or contrastive statement
Spanish eso sí, ojo
- eso síintroducing a qualification or contrastive statement
- ojointroducing a qualification or contrastive statement
Cite this entry
mind you. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mind%20you
“mind you.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mind%20you. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mind you,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mind%20you.
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