Meaning

12 senses
  1. Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.

    (relational)Occurring or experienced in the mind.

    of or relating to the mind

  2. (relational)Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study.

    mental science

    geistig, mental, psychisch

    у́мственныйúmstvennyj

    розумо́вийrozumóvyj, ми́сленийmýslenyj

  3. (relational)Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity.

    mental acuity

  4. (relational)Of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity.

  5. (relational)Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter.

    the distinction between physical things and mental ideas

  6. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.

    a mental patient

    affected by a disorder of the mind

  7. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.

    (relational)Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders.

    mental hospitals

    психованныйpsixovannyj

    психі́чнийpsyxíčnyj

  8. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, colloquial, comparable, dated)Mentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy.

    He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.

    He went mental on us.

  9. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, colloquial, comparable)Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.

    That was a mental party last night.

  10. Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.

    mental telepathy

  11. (not comparable, relational)Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.

    the mental nerve, the mental region

    of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw

  12. (not comparable, relational)Of or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure.

    of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks

Examples

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  1. Tom had a mental breakdown.

    У Тома був нервовий зрив.

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  2. Tom is in a mental institution.

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  3. Tom obviously has severe mental problems.

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  4. Tom has a few mental problems.

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  5. Tom has a history of mental problems.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
relating to the mind:
relating to a crazy person:
Русский
By meaning 2
relating to the mind:
relating to a crazy person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
relating to the mind:

Origin

Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, dispositi

Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, disposition; heart, soul”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

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