intension

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsconnotation

   Broadermeaning

Other forms of intension

plural

intensions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about intension

What does intension mean?

intension means "what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression".

How many syllables are in intension?

intension has 4 syllables: in-ten-si-on. The stress falls on "si".

What is another word for intension?

Close synonyms include connotation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is intension a common word?

intension is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.