mental
Use Mental in a sentence
tl adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the mind: mental powers; mental suffering.
2.
of, pertaining to, or affected by a disorder of the mind: a mental patient; mental illness.
3.
providing care for persons with disordered minds, emotions, etc.: a mental hospital.
4.
performed by or existing in the mind: mental arithmetic; a mental note.
5.
pertaining to intellectuals or intellectual activity.
noun
7.
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder: a fascist group made up largely of mentals.
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mental1 (ˈmɛntəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or involving the mind or an intellectual process |
| 2. | occurring only in the mind: mental calculations |
| 3. | Preferred form: psychiatric affected by mental illness: a mental patient |
| 4. | Preferred form: psychiatric concerned with care for persons with mental illness: a mental hospital |
| 5. | slang insane |
| [C15: from Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns mind] | |
| 'mentally1 | |
| —adv | |
| mental2 (ˈmɛntəl) | |
| —adj | |
| anatomy Also: genial of or relating to the chin | |
| [C18: from Latin mentum chin] | |
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Word Origin & History
mental
early 15c., from M.Fr. mental, from L.L. mentalis "of the mind," from L. mens (gen. mentis) "mind," from PIE base *men- "to think" (cf. Skt. matih "thought, mind," Goth. gamunds, O.E. gemynd "memory, remembrance," Mod.Eng. mind). Meaning "crazy, deranged" is from 1927.
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Medical Dictionary
mental men·tal1 (měn'tl)
adj.
Of or relating to the mind; intellectual.
Of, relating to, or affected by a disorder of the mind.
Intended for treatment of people affected with disorders of the mind.
mental 2
adj.
Of or relating to the chin.
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Slang Dictionary
mental definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
But the experience of using your mind's eye doesn't fully explain the mental processing that goes on beneath the surface.
How a mental gym can tone your mind and stave off memory loss.
Researchers are again using mind-bending drugs as a means of treating mental disorders.
Inbreeding in the spirit of preserving the blood lines of nobility, or whatever, produces mental and physical deformity.
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