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mental
1[ men-tl ]
adjective
- of or relating to the mind:
mental powers;
mental suffering.
- of, relating to, or affected by a disorder of the mind:
a mental patient;
mental illness.
- providing care for persons with disordered minds, emotions, etc.:
a mental hospital.
- performed by or existing in the mind:
mental arithmetic;
a mental note.
- pertaining to intellectuals or intellectual activity.
- Informal. slightly daft; out of one's mind; crazy:
He's mental.
noun
- Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
a fascist group made up largely of mentals.
mental
2[ men-tl ]
adjective
- of or relating to the chin.
mental
1/ ˈmɛntəl /
adjective
- anatomy of or relating to the chin Alsogenial
mental
2/ ˈmɛntəl /
adjective
- of or involving the mind or an intellectual process
- occurring only in the mind
mental calculations
- affected by mental illness Preferred formpsychiatric
a mental patient
- concerned with care for persons with mental illness Preferred formpsychiatric
a mental hospital
- slang.insane
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Derived Forms
- ˈmentally, adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mental1
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Origin of mental1
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Example Sentences
In the classic skillset of piloting, mental acuity, and its coordination with hand and foot movements, is equally vital.
Few reports of his mental illness discuss lead poisoning as a possible reason for his mental deterioration.
They take home mental baggage unlike anything carried in almost every other job.
“We all need to take care of our own mental health,” Darden said.
He suggested I needed mental help, and offered to help me transfer to another college.
And this college course I have sketched should, in the modern state, pass insensibly into adult mental activities.
It makes out of the savage raw material which is our basal mental stuff, a citizen.
To make the effort of articulation a vital impulse in response to a mental concept,—this is the object sought.
The two enjoyed a mutual understanding from which he was excluded, a private intimacy that was spiritual, mental,— physical.
He took mental inventory of his possessions and what he could lay claim to, and he happened to think about his wife's homestead.
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