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In any of several fields of study that treat the use of signs—for example, in linguistics, logic, mathematics, semantics, semiotics, and philosophy of language—an intension is any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase, or another symbol.[1] In the case of a word, the word's definition often implies an intension. For instance, the intensions of the word plant include properties such as "being composed of cellulose (not always true)", "alive", and "organism", among others. A comprehension is the collection of all such intensions. The meaning of a word can be thought of as the bond between the idea the word means and the physical form of the word. Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913) contrasts three concepts: Without intension of some sort, a word has no meaning.[2] For instance, the terms rantans or brillig have no intension and hence no meaning. Such terms may be suggestive, but a term can be suggestive without being meaningful. For instance, ran tan is an archaic o

Intension - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Property or quality connoted by a word, phrase, or another symbol This article is about referential context. For the identically pronounced term referring to a future commitment, see Intention . For the state of having intension, see intentionality . For the song, see Intension (song) . In any of several fields of study that treat the use of signs—for example, in linguistics , logic , mathematics , semantics , semiotics , and philosophy of language —an intension is any property or quality connoted by a word , phrase ,

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