Associations to the word «Intension»

Wiktionary

INTENSION, noun. Intensity or the act of becoming intense .
INTENSION, noun. (logic) (semantics) Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted to actual instances in the real world to which the term applies.
INTENSION, noun. (dated) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.

Dictionary definition

INTENSION, noun. What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn