Definitions for mental
ˈmɛn tlmen·tal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. mentaladjective

   involving the mind or an intellectual process

   "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"

2. mentaladjective

   of or relating to the mind

   "mental powers"; "mental development"; "mental hygiene"

3. mentaladjective

   of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks

4. genial, mentaladjective

   of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw

5. mentaladjective

   affected by a disorder of the mind

   "a mental patient"; "mental illness"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. mentaladjective

   Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.

2. mentaladjective

   Insane, mad, crazy.

3. mentaladjective

   Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.

4. mentaladjective

   Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure.

5. Etymology: From mental, from mentalis, from mens. Also from mentum, depending on usage.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mentaladjective

   Intellectual; existing in the mind.

   Etymology: mentale, French; mentis, Lat.

   What a mental power
   This eye shoots forth? How big imagination
   Moves in this lip? To the dumbness of the gesture
   One might interpret. William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens.

   So deep the pow’r of these ingredients pierc’d,
   Ev’n to the inmost seat of mental sight,
   That Adam now enforc’d to close his eyes,
   Sunk down, and all his spirits became entranc’d. John Milton.

   The metaphor of taste would not have been so general, had there not been a very great conformity between the mental taste and that sensitive taste that affects the palate. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 409.

   If the ideas be not innate, there was a time when the mind was without those principles; for where the ideas are not, there can be no knowledge, no assent, no mental or verbal propositions about them. John Locke.

   She kindly talk’d, at least three hours,
   Of plastick forms, and mental pow’rs. Matthew Prior.

   Those inward representations of spirit, thought, love, and hatred, are pure and mental ideas, belonging especially to the mind, and carry nothing of shape or sense in them. Isaac Watts, Logick.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mental

   Mental pertains to anything related to the mind, its processes, functions, and conditions. This can include processes like thinking, cognition, perception, consciousness, emotions, and behavior. It also refers to various conditions or disorders that affect the mind or brain such as anxiety, depression, or schizophrenia.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Mentaladjective

   of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve; the mental region

2. Mentalnoun

   a plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile

3. Mentaladjective

   of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise

4. Etymology: [L. mentum the chin.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Mental

   men′tal, adj. pertaining to the mind: done in the mind.—ns. Mental′ity, Mentā′tion.—adv. Men′tally.—adjs. Menticul′tural, improving the mind; Mentif′erous, conveying thought, telepathic.—Mental alienation, insanity; Mental arithmetic, arithmetic performed without the help of written figures. [Fr.,—L. mens, mentis, the mind.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mentalnoun

   The meanings main objective of a verb or preposition that a man or woman traditionally pattern in the rhythm of life. 1.) Of relating to the mind. 2.) Of, relating to, or suffering from disorders or illness of the mind.

   My mental is drawn from the Torah now and forever.

   Etymology: Mind in brain

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on March 21, 2024  

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'mental' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1771

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'mental' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2964

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'mental' in Adjectives Frequency: #232

Anagrams for mental »

1. lament

2. Lament.

3. malent

4. mantel

5. mantle

6. manlet

How to pronounce mental?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mental in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mental in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of mental in a Sentence

1. Isaiah Joel Peoples:

   Absolutely Isaiah Joel Peoples are disputing that this was an intentional act and this is a case of mental disorder.

2. Jamie Spears ' former attorney:

   Jamie Spears loves Jamie Spears daughter Britney unconditionally. For thirteen years, Jamie Spears has tried to do what is in her best interests, whether as a conservator or her father, for anyone who has tried to help a family member dealing with mental health issues, they can appreciate the tremendous amount of daily worry and work this required. For Mr. Jamie Spears, this also meant biting Jamie Spears tongue and not responding to all the false, speculative, and unsubstantiated attacks on Jamie Spears by certain members of the public, media, or more recently, Britney's own attorney.

3. Mahe Drysdale:

   I guess you don't know what you've got until you lose it, it was pretty mentally tough through lockdown but as soon as I got back on the water my mental health went from pretty low to straight back up.

4. Mean Girls:

   A mental illness is a thing that people cast in a different category [from other illnesses], but I don’t think it is. It should be taken as seriously as anything else, you don’t see the mental illness: It’s not a mass; it’s not a cyst. But it’s there. Why do you need to prove it? If you can treat it, you treat it.

5. Brad Wilkins:

   What it will mean to a running population is that it would be a big mental barrier where people can understand yes, we can do this, we believe that once a sub-two-hour marathon is done the records will fall at traditional marathons after that. People will run faster and faster, similar to when Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile. Within a couple of months after he did that, it was broken three more times.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mental
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mental
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=mental
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mental
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=mental