intention
Meaning
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- A course of action that a person intends to follow.
- The goal or purpose.
- (obsolete) Tension; straining, stretching.
- A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object or a purpose (an intent); closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
- (obsolete) The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
- (obsolete) Any mental apprehension of an object.
- The process of the healing of a wound.
Concepts
intention
purpose
aim
plan
design
meaning
intent
thought
will
idea
objective
goal
wish
mind
desire
object
motive
determination
scheme
sense
project
inclination
heart
purport
end
target
decision
deliberateness
significance
opinion
spirit
premeditation
aspiration
resolve
resolution
dream
butt
fervor
consideration
volition
conception
motif
readiness
soul
personal opinion
attention
animus
voluntariness
counsel
scope
sentiment
expectation
destination
discussion
insinuation
proposal
comment
conjecture
sentence
motivation
bad faith
ideas
thinking
program
programme
ready plan
whim
contemplation
thinking over
concentration
effect
predestination
predetermination
prediction
mission
wilful
wilfulness
willfulness
desire of doing
intentional act
view
drift
import
concept
pretension
imagination
feeling
pursuit
quest
ending
intension
preposition
care
ideal
tendency
future tense marker
secret
term
word
way
disposition
ambition
diagram
knowledge
understanding
intendment
venture
conviction
middle
suggestion
attempt
intend
intentionally
rational
regard
centre
core
effort
wit
path
track
trail
attitude
subject
topic
psyche
inducement
affections
Frequency
Hyphenated as
in‧ten‧tion
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈtɛnʃən/
Etymology
From Middle English entencioun, intention, from Old French entencion, from Latin intentiō, intentiōnem. Compare intent.
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