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intension

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9 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈtɛnʃən/Part of speech nounSorted eiinnnostStarts with IEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression

Word origin

From Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from intēnsus (“stretched”), perfect passive participle of intendō (“strain or stretch toward”).

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  • Sounds […] likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind.
  • '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.
  • This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.

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