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intention
[ in-ten-shuhn ]
noun
- an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
- the end or object intended; purpose.
Synonyms:
- intentions,
- purpose or attitude toward the effect of one's actions or conduct:
a bungler with good intentions.
- purpose or attitude with respect to marriage:
Our friends are beginning to ask what our intentions are.
- the act or fact of intending.
- Logic.
- Also called first intention, reference by signs, concepts, etc., to concrete things, their properties, classes, or the relationships among them.
- Also called second intention, reference to properties, classes, or the relationships among first intentions.
- Surgery, Medicine/Medical. a manner or process of healing, as in the healing of a lesion or fracture without granulation healing by first intention or the healing of a wound by granulation after suppuration healing by second intention.
- meaning or significance:
The intention of his words was clear.
- the person or thing meant to benefit from a prayer or religious offering.
- Archaic. intentness.
intention
/ ɪˈɛʃə /
noun
- a purpose or goal; aim
it is his intention to reform
- law the resolve or design with which a person does or refrains from doing an act, a necessary ingredient of certain offences
- med a natural healing process, as by first intention , in which the edges of a wound cling together with no tissue between, or by second intention , in which the wound edges adhere with granulation tissue
- usually plural design or purpose with respect to a proposal of marriage (esp in the phrase honourable intentions )
- an archaic word for meaning intentness
Other Word Forms
- ·ٱ·پDz· adjective
- ··ٱ·پDz noun
- ··ٱ·پDz noun
- ܲ··ٱ·پDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of intention1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But there are disputes that he had "any intention to kill or cause any serious bodily injury to her", he said.
“My intention is to help everyone,” said Lam, at a recent playground dedication in Westminster’s Tony Lam Park.
Its latest effort to bring the press to heel came on April 25, when news leaked of the Justice Department’s intention to aggressively pursue journalists who receive leaked information from confidential government sources.
Baby faced Jaguars general manager James Gladstone is just 34, the second-youngest to ever hold the position with an NFL team, and he has signalled his intentions to be aggressive from the very start.
They took a taxi to Whitechapel and bought a tent from Argos, then, with the intention of trying to go abroad despite not having their passports, they attempted to get to Plymouth by taxi.
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