different between ment vs intension

English

Verb

ment

1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of meng
2. Obsolete spelling of meant

Anagrams

• T-men

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin mentem, accusative singular of m?ns (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?men/
• Rhymes: -ent

Noun

ment f (plural ments)

1. the mind
2. the spirit

Related terms

• -ment
• dement
• mental

Verb

ment

1. third-person singular present indicative form of mentir
2. second-person singular imperative form of mentir

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nt

Verb

ment

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of mennen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of mennen

Estonian

Etymology

From Russian ???? (ment).

Noun

ment (genitive mendi, partitive menti)

1. (slang) cop (police officer)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• politseinik
• võmm

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??/

Verb

ment

1. third-person singular present indicative of mentir

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mentem, accusative singular of m?ns (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis.

Noun

ment f (plural ments)

1. mind
2. intelligence

Related terms

• mentâl

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?nt]
• Hyphenation: ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

From the obsolete verb menik (“to flee”) + -t (causative suffix).

Verb

ment

2. (transitive) to rescue, to save

Conjugation

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the men- stem of the verb megy +? -t.

Verb

ment

1. third-person singular past of megy

Participle

ment

1. past participle of megy
   • 1926, Gyula Juhász, Esti dal^[1] [’Evening Song’]

     De ha az alkonyat leszállott, / Olyan kedves, kámzsás barátok / A barna árnyékok nekem, / A messze menteket idézik

     But when the dusk has set in / The brown shadows are / Such nice, hooded monks for me, / Recalling those who went afar

Declension

Etymology 3

Adjective

ment (comparative mentebb, superlative legmentebb)

1. (archaic, literary) exempt

   Synonym: mentes

Declension

References

Further reading

• (to save): ment in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• (exempt): ment in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ment

1. past participle of mene

English

Etymology

From Latin int?nsi? (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from int?nsus (“stretched”), perfect passive participle of intend? (“strain or stretch toward”) .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?n??n/
• Homophone: intention

Noun

intension (plural intensions)

1. intensity or the act of becoming intense .
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.

   • This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.

3. (dated) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.

   the intension of a musical string

Usage notes

Not to be confused with intention.

Translations

Derived terms

• intensional

Related terms

• extension
• comprehension

References

Venetian

Alternative forms

• intenzion

Etymology

Compare Italian intenzione

Noun

intension f (invariable)

1. intention, aim, purpose