mental

[[t]me̱nt(ə)l[/t]]

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1) ADJ: ADJ n Mental means relating to the process of thinking.

The intellectual environment has a significant influence on the mental development of the children.

...intensive mental effort.

Derived words:

mentally ADV ADV adj/adv, ADV with v, ADV with cl

I think you are mentally tired...

I had never felt more mentally alive...

Physically I might not have been overseas but mentally and spiritually I was with them.

2) ADJ: ADJ n Mental means relating to the state or the health of a person's mind.

The mental state that had created her psychosis was no longer present...

Most people know little about mental health problems.

Derived words:

mentally ADV usu ADV with cl/group, also ADV after v

...an inmate who is mentally disturbed.

...the needs of the mentally ill and the mentally handicapped.

3) ADJ: ADJ n A mental act is one that involves only thinking and not physical action.

Practise mental arithmetic when you go out shopping...

Graham made a quick mental calculation.

Derived words:

mentally ADV ADV with v

This technique will help people mentally organize information.

4) ADJ-GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone is mental, you mean that you think they are mad. [BRIT, INFORMAL]

I just said to him `you must be mental'.

Syn:

crazy, mad

5) PHRASE: V inflects, PHR of n, PHR to-inf If you make a mental note of something, you make an effort to store it in your memory so that you will not forget it.

She made a mental note to have his prescription refilled.