INTENSION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

connotation; intension

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("intension" is a kind of...):

import; meaning; significance; signification (the message that is intended or expressed or signified)

Derivation:

intensional (used of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word)

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