intention
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intention (plural intentions)
- A course of action that a person intends to follow.
- My intention was to marry a wealthy widow.
- The goal or purpose behind a specific action or set of actions
- The intention of this legislation is to boost the economy.
- (obsolete) Tension; straining, stretching.
- 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 [...].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iii.3:
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course intended to follow
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intention
- Genitive singular form of intentio.
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intention f. (plural intentions)
- intention
- dans l'intention de devenir roi
- with the intention of becoming king
- dans l'intention de devenir roi