The collection of all the objects to which a term may correctly be applied is called which of the following?

1.The intension of that term

2.The connotation of that term

3.The extension of that term

4.The denotation of that term

A1 & 2 only

B1 & 4 only

C2 & 3 only

D3 & 4 only ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) 3 & 4 only

Explanation

The collection of all objects a term correctly applies to is its extension, also called its denotation.

Extension gathers the actual things the term picks out.

Denotation names the same collection of objects the term refers to.

Intension and connotation instead give the attributes a term implies, not the objects.

So the objects a term applies to are captured by extension and denotation together.

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