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- [men-suh]
- /ˈmɛn sə/
- /mˈensə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [men-suh]
- /ˈmɛn sə/
Definitions of mensa word
- noun mensa an international fellowship organization for people with IQ's in the top 2 percent of the general population. 1
- adjective mensa pertaining to or noting a divorce that forbids spouses to live together but does not dissolve the marriage bond. 1
- noun mensa In planetary geology, a large mesa-like area of raised land. 1
- noun mensa a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Hydrus and Volans and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud 0
- noun mensa an international society, membership of which is restricted to people whose intelligence test scores exceed those expected of 98 per cent of the population 0
- noun mensa a S constellation between Dorado and Octans, containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud 0
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Origin of mensa
First appearance:
before 1685 One of the 48% oldest English words
First recorded in 1685-95, mensa is from the Latin word mēnsa table
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Parts of speech for Mensa
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mensa popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mensa usage trend in Literature
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