intention

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Alternative forms

• entention

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈtɛnʃən/, SAMPA: /In"tEnS@n/

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Noun

intention (plural intentions)

1. A course of action that a person intends to follow.

   My intention was to marry a wealthy widow.

2. The goal or purpose behind a specific action or set of actions

   The intention of this legislation is to boost the economy.

3. (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 [...].

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• intend
• intent
• well-intended

Translations

course intended to follow

Arabic: قَصْد (ar) (qaSd) m. Basque: asmo (eu) Catalan: intenció (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 意向 (zh) (yìxiàng), 意圖 (zh), 意图 (zh) (yìtú) Czech: úmysl (cs) m., záměr (cs) m. Dutch: voornemen (nl) n., opzet (nl) n. Esperanto: intenco (eo) French: intention (fr) f. German: Absicht (de) f. Greek: πρόθεση (el) (próthesi) f. Hebrew: כַּווָּנָה (he) (kavaná) f. Hindi: इरादा (hi) (irādā) m. Hungarian: szándék (hu)

Indonesian: niat Italian: intenzione (it) f. Japanese: 意図 (ja) (いと, ito) Kurdish: Sorani: مه‌به‌س (ku) (mabas), نیاز (ku) (niyAz) Persian: قصد (fa) , منظور (fa) Portuguese: intenção (pt) f. Romanian: intenție (ro) f. Russian: намерение (ru) (namérenije) n., замысел (ru) (zámysel) m. Scottish Gaelic: rùn (gd) m., dùil (gd) f. Spanish: intención (es) f. Swahili: nia (sw), azma (sw), gharadhi (sw) Swedish: avsikt (sv) c., syfte (sv) Urdu: ارادہ (ur) (irādā) m.

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Finnish

Noun

intention

1. Genitive singular form of intentio.

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intention f. (plural intentions)

1. intention

   dans l'intention de devenir roi

   with the intention of becoming king