intension
/ɪnˈtɛnʃən/noun
intension is spelled I-N-T-E-N-S-I-O-N: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, intension means “Intensity or the act of becoming intense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of intension is intensions.
How many letters and syllables are in intension?
| Letters | 9: I-N-T-E-N-S-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is intension?
Intension appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce intension?
- /ɪnˈtɛnʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-intension.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of intension
- intensions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does intension mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Intensity or the act of becoming intense.
- 2
Intensification.
- 3
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.
'Is a plant', 'has a trunk', 'has leaves' are intensions of the concept tree. Its extension is the set of all trees existing in the real world.
- 4
datedA straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
the intension of a musical string
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does intension come from?
From Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from intēnsus (“stretched”), perfect passive participle of intendō (“strain or stretch toward”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).