"intension" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈtɛnʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intension.wav Forms: intensions [plural]
Etymology: From Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from intēnsus (“stretched”), perfect passive participle of intendō (“strain or stretch toward”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|intēnsiō||straining, effort; intensifying}} Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} intension (plural intensions)
  1. intensity or the act of becoming intense. Translations (intensity): напрежение (napreženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), интензивност (intenzivnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-intension-en-noun-jyBLdKmz Disambiguation of 'intensity': 78 20 2
  2. (logic, semantics) 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. Categories (topical): Logic, Semantics
    Sense id: en-intension-en-noun-1B3pjNPu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 54 42 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 7 64 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 57 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 55 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 55 37 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences, semantics
  3. (dated) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-intension-en-noun-zAzo-8g8 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 39 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: intensional Related terms: extension, comprehension

Noun [Venetan]

Etymology: Compare Italian intenzione Etymology templates: {{cog|it|intenzione}} Italian intenzione Head templates: {{head|vec|noun|invariable|g=f}} intension f (invariable)
  1. intention, aim, purpose Tags: feminine, invariable Synonyms: intenzion
    Sense id: en-intension-vec-noun-CshTRHL4 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Venetan entries with incorrect language header

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