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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 yvlog Forms
- ·ٱ·پDz· adjective
- ··ٱ·پDz noun
- ··ٱ·پDz noun
- ܲ··ٱ·پDz noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of intention1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
It's difficult to sort of see "any kind of clear strategy or intention," from the Trump administration so far, she tells the BBC.
Mr Ricks said he did not support the imposition of tariffs but understood its intention and respected Mr Trump's political mandate.
These movies frequently become mired in their own good intentions, diluting their messaging to something as plain and palatable as, say, “Love, Simon.”
The deadline for this chapter of his life has been set, however - Nuguse has no intention of delaying his career in dentistry beyond the end of his 20s.
Wojcicki has made clear her intentions to bid on the company with a post on X last week.
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