INTENSION
Dictionary entry overview: What does intension mean? • INTENSION (noun)
The noun INTENSION has 1 sense:
1. what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
Familiarity information: INTENSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INTENSION (noun)
Meaning:
What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
connotation; intension
Hypernyms ("intension" is a kind of...):
import; meaning; significance; signification (the message that is intended or expressed or signified)
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