intension
Intensity or the act of becoming intenseIntensity or the act of becoming intense.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)Intensity or the act of becoming intense.
(countable, uncountable)Intensification.
(countable)Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted with actual instances in the real world to which the term applies.
'Is a plant', 'has a trunk', 'has leaves' are intensions of the concept tree. Its extension is the set of all trees existing in the real world.
(countable, dated)A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
the intension of a musical string
- what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from intēnsus (“stretched”), perfFrom Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from intēnsus (“stretched”), perfect passive participle of intendō (“strain or stretch toward”).
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Forms
plural: intensions| Singular | intension |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression:connotation
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable