intension

Meaning

1. intensity or the act of becoming intense.
2. Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted with actual instances in the real world to which the term applies.
3. (dated) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.

Opposite of

extension

Synonyms

purpose

connotation

intent

tenseness

sake

🍶

scope

object

aim

purport

intensity

intention

mark

mind

objective

point

preposition

purview

rate

sentinel

sentry

significance

strain

tenor

tensity

view

design

animus

cause

comprehension

density

destination

effect

effort

end

🔚

Translations

intension

connotació

Begriffsinhalt

βάθος

σκοπός

πρόθεση

compréhension

connotation

intensification

connotazione

significado

connotación

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈtɛnʃən/

Etymology

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