intention en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin intendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin intentiōbor. Old French entencionder. Middle French ententionbor. Middle English entencioun English intention From Middle English entencioun, intention, from Old French entencion, from Latin intentiō, intentiōnem. Compare intent. Equivalent to intent + -ion.
Meanings
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(countable) A course of action that a person intends to follow.
It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me.[…]”
1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:My intention was to marry a wealthy widow.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
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(countable) A goal or purpose.
Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone.
2008 June 1, A. Dirk Moses, “Preface”, in Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation, and Subaltern Resistance in World History, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page x:The intention of this legislation is to boost the economy.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Tension; straining, stretching.
cold in those inner parts, cold belly, and hot liver, causeth crudity, and intention proceeds from perturbations […].
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object or a purpose (an intent); closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
it is attention: when the mind with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea, considers it on all sides, and will not be called off by the ordinary solicitation of other ideas, it is that we call intention or study
1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, page 19:
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
In a Word, the most part of chronical Distempers proceed from Laxity of Fibres; in which Case the principal Intention is to restore the Tone of the solid Parts; […].
1732, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Ailments …, Prop. II, p.159
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Any mental apprehension of an object.
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(countable) A process of the healing of a wound.
When healing occurs by primary intention, the wound is basically closed with all areas of the wound connecting and healing simultaneously.
2007, Carie Ann Braun, Cindy Miller Anderson, Pathophysiology: Functional Alterations in Human Health, page 49:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| entention | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| intentions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
nonintention · subintention · the road to hell is paved with good intentions · secondary intention · paradoxical intention · intentionless · misintention · counter-intention · well-intentioned · intentional
Relateds
desire · intend · purpose · intent · well-intended
Synonyms
ambition · thought · drive · will · intention · aim · plan · intent · goal
Translations (164)
tt ният (course intended to follow) · ur اِرادَہ (course intended to follow) · ky ниет (course intended to follow) · mk намера (course intended to follow) · tg манзур (course intended to follow) · ta எண்ணம் (course intended to follow) · nn intensjon (the goal or purpose) · ms niat (course intended to follow) · bn উদ্দেশ্য (the goal or purpose) · tr niyet (course intended to follow) · cmn 意向 (course intended to follow) · bn নিয়ত (course intended to follow) · fo ættingur (course intended to follow) · sa उद्देश्य (course intended to follow) · is ætlun (course intended to follow) · yi כּוונה (the goal or purpose) · tk niýet (course intended to follow) · sv avsikt (course intended to follow) · ja 意図 (course intended to follow) · pt intenção (course intended to follow) · fo ætling (course intended to follow) · th ความตั้งใจ (course intended to follow) · th เจตนา (the goal or purpose) · ckb نِیاز (course intended to follow) · yi ציל (the goal or purpose) · az niyyət (course intended to follow) · enm entencioun (the goal or purpose) · mn зорилт (course intended to follow) · fa-ira مَقْصَد (course intended to follow) · hy միտում (course intended to follow) · sq synim (course intended to follow) · fa-ira مَنْظور (course intended to follow) · pt intuito (course intended to follow) · sl namen (course intended to follow) · sq qëllim (course intended to follow) · gd dùil (course intended to follow) · nl voornemen (course intended to follow) · ota هدف (the goal or purpose) · ar قَصْد (course intended to follow) · tg ният (course intended to follow) · ca intenció (course intended to follow) · et kavatsus (course intended to follow) · fa-ira اِرادِه (course intended to follow) · fr intention (course intended to follow) · pl intencja (course intended to follow) · ru инте́нция (course intended to follow) · ru наме́рение (course intended to follow) · uz niyat (course intended to follow) · id niat (course intended to follow) · bn ইরাদা (course intended to follow) · tr kasıt (course intended to follow) · acw قَصْد (course intended to follow) · lad entision (fixedness of attention) · el πρόθεση (course intended to follow) · ce ойла (course intended to follow) · cs úmysl (course intended to follow) · kk діт (course intended to follow) · uk на́мір (course intended to follow) · it intento (the goal or purpose) · ota غایه (the goal or purpose) · sh на̑мјера (course intended to follow) · sk úmysel (course intended to follow) · nn intensjon (course intended to follow) · fa-ira نِیَّت (course intended to follow) · th ความจำนง (the goal or purpose) · nl opzet (course intended to follow) · bn উদ্দেশ্য (course intended to follow) · eo celo (the goal or purpose) · he כַּווָּנָה (course intended to follow) · bn মকসদ (course intended to follow) · ps قصد (course intended to follow) · th ความตั้งใจ (the goal or purpose) · nb intensjon (the goal or purpose) · fi aie (course intended to follow) · bg цел (the goal or purpose) · tg мақсад (course intended to follow) · uz iroda (course intended to follow) · sh nȃmera (course intended to follow) · sh на̑мера (course intended to follow) · enm entencioun (fixedness of attention) · hi अभिप्राय (course intended to follow) · fo ætlan (course intended to follow) · enm entencioun (course intended to follow) · sw nia (course intended to follow) · lv nodoms (course intended to follow) · ko 의도 (course intended to follow) · hi उद्देश्य (the goal or purpose) · it intenzione (course intended to follow) · nl intentie (course intended to follow) · tg қасд (course intended to follow) · hi इच्छा (course intended to follow) · tg ирода (course intended to follow) · ur نِیَّت (the goal or purpose) · fa-ira قَصْد (course intended to follow) · pl zamiar (course intended to follow) · es intención (course intended to follow) · bho इरादा (course intended to follow) · ur نِیَّت (course intended to follow) · cmn 意圖 /意图 (course intended to follow) · eo intenco (course intended to follow) · ba ниәт (the goal or purpose) · ba ниәт (course intended to follow) · lad entision (course intended to follow) · my အကြံ (course intended to follow) · arz قصد (course intended to follow) · lt ketinimas (course intended to follow) · nl bedoeling (the goal or purpose) · hu szándék (course intended to follow) · sa अभिप्राय (course intended to follow) · ru за́мысел (course intended to follow) · ar إِرَادَة (course intended to follow) · de Absicht (course intended to follow) · ro intenție (course intended to follow) · ckb مەبەس (course intended to follow) · ja 意向 (course intended to follow) · sw gharadhi (course intended to follow) · ota مقصد (the goal or purpose) · hi नीयत (course intended to follow) · sw azma (course intended to follow) · hu cél (the goal or purpose) · cs záměr (course intended to follow) · sk zámer (course intended to follow) · ur قَصْد (course intended to follow) · be наме́р (course intended to follow) · ko 의향 (course intended to follow) · da hensigt (course intended to follow) · pdt Wellen (course intended to follow) · lad kavana (fixedness of attention) · kmr niyet (course intended to follow) · sv syfte (course intended to follow) · mt intenzjoni (course intended to follow) · km ចេតនា (course intended to follow) · kk ниет (course intended to follow) · hi उद्देश्य (course intended to follow) · sh nȃmjera (course intended to follow) · hi प्रयोजन (the goal or purpose) · lad intision (course intended to follow) · nl oogmerk (course intended to follow) · ga cuspóir (course intended to follow) · pdt Väanämen (course intended to follow) · hi विवक्षिता (course intended to follow) · az qəsd (course intended to follow) · gd rùn (course intended to follow) · uz qasd (course intended to follow) · es intención (the goal or purpose) · ug نىيەت (course intended to follow) · hy մտադրություն (course intended to follow) · mag 𑂧𑂁𑂬𑂰 (course intended to follow) · mi koronga (course intended to follow) · nb intensjon (course intended to follow) · eu asmo (course intended to follow) · hi इरादा (course intended to follow) · acw نِيَّة (course intended to follow) · eo intenco (the goal or purpose) · cs účel (the goal or purpose) · ar نِيَّة (course intended to follow) · bg намере́ние (course intended to follow) · ps اراده (course intended to follow) · vi ý định (course intended to follow) · yi כּיוון (the goal or purpose) · hi लक्ष्य (the goal or purpose) · ka განზრახვა (course intended to follow) · yi כּוונה (course intended to follow) · be заме́р (course intended to follow)