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INTENSION
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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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