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# mental

«mental» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with the mind, like thinking, remembering and feelings** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (mental); noun (mental, in some phrases)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Mental means to do with the mind, like thinking, remembering and feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mental/#m1)

2) Mental maths is working out sums in your head without writing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mental/#m2)

3) Mental health is how well your mind and feelings are doing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mental/#m3)

4) (slang, UK, Ireland, Australia) Mental can mean crazy, wild or amazing: "That ride was mental!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mental/#m4)

5) (slang, offensive) "Mental" was used as an unkind word for someone with a mental illness; do not use it that way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mental/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons "mental maths" or "mental arithmetic" tests are quick sums in your head. In health lessons: mental health and wellbeing. In playground talk it is a slang word for wild or exciting. Phrases: mental maths, mental health, mental note, mental picture, go mental (slang: get very angry or very excited).

### examples

- We did twenty mental maths questions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mental/#x1)
- Work it out mentally: what is 25 plus 17? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mental/#x2)
- Exercise is good for your mental health. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mental/#x3)
- She made a mental note to buy milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mental/#x4)
- I have a clear mental picture of the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mental/#x5)
- That roller coaster was mental! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mental/#x6)
- Dad went mental when the dog ate his sandwich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mental/#x7)
- Talking about worries helps your mental health. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mental/#x8)
- Laughing is an infallible sign of the highest degree of mental development. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mental/#x9)

### note

Adverb: mentally. Opposite of mental (mind) is physical (body). Slang uses are informal; calling a person "mental" is hurtful. In maths, "mental" tells you to calculate without paper or calculator.

### In the corpora

- ["Going through a rough patch" can mean being depressed or in a mental health crisis, or simply having a hard time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/4-illness-disability-and-babies/12/)
- ["Trouble with her nerves" is an old-fashioned way of saying anxiety or mental illness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/4-illness-disability-and-babies/13/)
- ["Nervous exhaustion" is an old-fashioned phrase for a mental breakdown.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/20/)
- ["Battle fatigue" is an old name for the mental injury soldiers get from combat, now called trauma.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mental» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mental/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.