Intention

Noun

 * 1) A course of action that a person intends to follow.
 * My intention was to marry a wealthy widow.
 * 1) The goal or purpose behind a specific action or set of actions
 * The intention of this legislation is to boost the economy.
 * 1)  Tension; straining, stretching.
 * 2) *1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iii.3:
 * cold in those inner parts, cold belly, and hot liver, causeth crudity, and intention proceeds from perturbations [...].

Derived terms

 * intentional
 * the road to Hell is paved with good intentions
 * well-intentioned

Related terms

 * intend
 * intent
 * well-intended

Adjectives for Intention
serious; deliberate; immoral; especial; tyrannous; docile; murderous; honorable; ulterior; honest; supposable; amiable; emotional; benignant; cordial; cruel; benevolent; wicked; wise; avowed; hospitable; definite; travelling; alleged; evil; dictatorial; loyal; earthly; original; industrial; festive; greedy; hostile; fixed; charitable; unconscious; evident; speculative; objective; cold; calculated; liberal; apparent; pacific; testamentary; treacherous; profound; matrimonial; suicidal; warlike; irreverant; jocular; private.

Verbs for Intention
burst with—; cancel—; communicate—; conceal—; declare—; deny—; disavow—; disclaim—; err in—; impede—; miscarry—; misconstrue—; mistake—; proclaim—; purify—; reaffirm—; reiterate—; relinquish—; stick to—.

Thesaurus
aim, ambition, animus, appetence, appetency, appetite, approach, arrangement, aspiration, attack, basis, blueprint, blueprinting, calculation, calling, cause, charting, choice, command, conation, conatus, conception, consideration, contrivance, decision, design, desire, determination, device, discretion, disposition, end, enterprise, envisagement, fancy, figuring, foresight, forethought, free choice, free will, game, goal, graphing, ground, ground plan, guidelines, guiding light, guiding star, hope, idea, ideal, inclination, inspiration, intendment, intent, layout, liking, lineup, lodestar, long-range plan, lust, mainspring, mapping, master plan, matter, meaning, method, methodology, mind, motive, object, objective, operations research, organization, passion, plan, planning, planning function, pleasure, prearrangement, principle, procedure, program, program of action, project, purpose, rationalization, reason, resolution, sake, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, score, setup, sexual desire, source, spring, strategic plan, strategy, system, systematization, tactical plan, tactics, target, the big picture, the picture, ulterior motive, velleity, vocation, volition, way, will, will power, wish, working plan

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Basque: asmo
 * Catalan: intenció
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 意向, 意圖, 意图
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * French: intention
 * German: Absicht
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: इरादा
 * Hungarian:


 * Indonesian: niat
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 意図
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: مه‌به‌س,
 * Persian:, منظور
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, замысел
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:, ,
 * Swedish: avsikt, syfte
 * Urdu: ارادہ

Noun
intention



Noun

 * 1) intention
 * dans l'intention de devenir roi
 * with the intention of becoming king