read someone's mind

verb

To guess or deduce what someone is thinking.

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Meanings

verbread someone's mind (third-person singular simple present reads someone's mind, present participle reading someone's mind, simple past and past participle read someone's mind)

present singular third person reads someone's mind · participle present reading someone's mind

  1. idiomaticTo guess or deduce what someone is thinking.

    I am the eye in the sky looking at you / I can read your mind

    1982, Eric Woolfson, Alan Parsons, Eye in the Sky, performed by The Alan Parsons Project

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 讀懂某人的心思 /读懂某人的心思
  • 讀懂某人的心思 /读懂某人的心思 (dúdǒng mǒurén de xīnsī)to guess what someone is thinking
Finnish lukea jonkun ajatukset
  • lukea jonkun ajatuksetto guess what someone is thinking
French lire dans les pensées
  • lire dans les penséesto guess what someone is thinking
German jemandes Gedanken lesen
  • jemandes Gedanken lesento guess what someone is thinking
Portuguese ler a mente de alguém
  • ler a mente de alguémto guess what someone is thinking
Russian чита́ть мы́сли
  • чита́ть мы́сли (čitátʹ mýsli)to guess what someone is thinking
Spanish leer la mente
  • leer la menteto guess what someone is thinking
Thai อ่านใจ
  • อ่านใจto guess what someone is thinking
Turkish aklını okumak
  • aklını okumakto guess what someone is thinking
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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