transcription, транскрипция: [ ment(ə)l ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Mental means relating to the process of thinking.
...the mental development of children.
...intensive mental effort.
ADJ : ADJ n
• men‧tal‧ly
I think you are mentally tired...
Physically I might not have been overseas but mentally and spiritually I was with them.
ADV : ADV adj / adv , ADV with v , ADV with cl
2.
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.
...mental health problems.
ADJ : ADJ n
• men‧tal‧ly
...an inmate who is mentally disturbed.
...the needs of the mentally ill and the mentally handicapped.
ADV : usu ADV with cl / group , also ADV after v
3.
A mental act is one that involves only thinking and not physical action.
Practise mental arithmetic when you go out shopping...
ADJ : ADJ n
• men‧tal‧ly
This technique will help people mentally organize information.
ADV : ADV with v
4.
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’.
= crazy, mad
ADJ [ disapproval ]
5.
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.
PHRASE : V inflects , PHR of n , PHR to-inf