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intention

[ in-ten-shuhn ]
/ ɪnˈtɛn ʃən /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR intention

noun

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Origin of intention

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English intencio(u)n, from Latin intentiōn- (stem of intentiō ). See intent2, -ion

SYNONYMS FOR intention

2 goal.
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synonym study for intention

2. Intention, intent, purpose all refer to a wish that one means to carry out. Intention is the general word: His intention is good. Intent is chiefly legal or literary: attack with intent to kill. Purpose implies having a goal or determination to achieve something: Her strong sense of purpose is reflected in her studies.

OTHER WORDS FROM intention

in·ten·tion·less, adjectivemis·in·ten·tion, nounpre·in·ten·tion, nounsub·in·ten·tion, noun

Words nearby intention

intensity, intensive, intensive care, intensive care unit, intent, intention, intentional, intentional community, intentional fallacy, intentional foul, intentioned
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Words related to intention

aim, motive, plan, objective, hope, purpose, end, designation, point, object, drift, design, struggle, animus, impulsion

Example sentences from the Web for intention

British Dictionary definitions for intention

intention
/ (ɪnˈtɛnʃən) /

noun

a purpose or goal; aimit 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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for intention

intention
[ ĭn-tĕn′shən ]

n.

An aim that guides action.
The process by which or the manner in which a wound heals.

Other words from intention

in•ten′tion•al adj.
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