10.1: Elements of Word Meaning- Intensions and Extensions
One way to define the meaning of a word is to point to examples in the world of things the word refers to; these examples are the word’s
denotation
, or
extension
. Another component of a word’s meaning is the list of attributes in our mind that describe the things the word can refer to; this list is the
intension
of a word.
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