mental


Definition: Meaning of, mental in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈmɛnt(ə)l /

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  1. [only before noun] relating to the health or state of someone's mind [↪  psychiatric]
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  2. [only before noun] relating to the mind and thinking, or happening only in the mind
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  3. make a mental note to make a special effort to remember something
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  4. mental block a difficulty in remembering something or in understanding something
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  5. go mental British English spoken informal to get very angry
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  6. go mental British English spoken informal to start behaving in an uncontrolled or excited way
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  7. [not before noun] British English informal thinking or behaving in a way that seems crazy or strange
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mental used in phrases

  • create by mental act (verb)
    1. create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
  • creating by mental acts (noun)
    1. the act of creating something by thinking
  • mental ability (noun)
    1. the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behaviour
  • mental abnormality (noun)
    1. any abnormality of mental function
  • mental age (noun)
    1. a measure of someone's ability to think, understand etc, expressed as the average age of a child with that level of ability
  • mental anguish (noun)
    1. sustained dull painful emotion
  • mental arithmetic (noun)
    1. the act of adding numbers together, multiplying them etc in your mind, without writing them down
  • mental attitude (noun)
    1. a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
  • mental balance (noun)
    1. the healthy psychological state of someone with good judgment
  • mental block (noun)
    1. an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
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