spring to mind

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

spring to mind (third-person singular simple present springs to mind, present participle springing to mind, simple past sprang to mind, past participle sprung to mind)

1. (idiomatic) To appear suddenly in one's thoughts, often as an example of something.
   • 1987, R.C.D. Jasper, Geoffrey J. Cuming, Prayer of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed, page 3:

     Two good reasons spring to mind at once.

Synonyms

• come to mind, leap to mind

Translations

appear in one's thoughts

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 突然想起 (tūrán xiǎngqǐ)

• Dutch: te binnen schieten
• Finnish: tulla mieleen (fi), muistua mieleen, juolahtaa mieleen
• French: venir à l’esprit (fr), passer par la tête (fr)
• Galician: acordar (gl)
• German: in den Sinn kommen
• Hungarian: eszébe jut (hu)
• Ingrian: tärkähtää päähä, tärkähtäissä päähä
• Latin: subeo
• Maori: kowhana, totoko, wheriko
• Old English: on mōd berinnan
• Russian: приходи́ть на ум (prixodítʹ na um), приходи́ть в го́лову (ru) (prixodítʹ v gólovu)
• Scottish Gaelic: buail an ceann
• Spanish: ocurrir (es)
• Tamil: தோன்று (ta) (tōṉṟu)

See also

• call to mind
• bring to mind