intention
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2.2
- noun
- /ɪnˈtɛnʃən/
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intención
- Two students enter practice rooms with the intention of practicing their private lesson assignments.
- good intentions
- announce an intention
- declare an intention
What it means is you have the intention to ask.
- What it means is you have the intention to ask.
- So they have no intention of being real with you.
- What is your intention with your current show?
- But when I started, it was not my intention to build a big company.
- Remember, when you share your path with intention, the right people don't run.
- There is a gulf between intentions and results.
- My guest said no intention of going.
- The creative concept could go into the intention of the writer.
- That's not a big deal because their intention was not to overthrow.
- And so our intentions are always good.
- The vision is large, the intention even larger.
- And your intention here is really just to relax.
- But it was the, the intention was to keep it really small.
- And those subtle and beautiful intentions can be what?
- Its intention, through being its own intention, is what is right.
Examples
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The intention was to build an artificial planet.
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The ultimate intention is to help humanity, Rich.
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What it means is you have the intention to ask.
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So they have no intention of being real with you.
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What is your intention with your current show?
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But when I started, it was not my intention to build a big company.
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Can she confirm that it is still her intention to hold such a vote?
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That was never my intention.
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Right now, people can have intentions to do bad things.
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My intention is to finish the project by the end of the week.
Synonyms
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1.0
A result a person or group plans to achieve
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1.6
The reason something is done or made
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The aim of a plan or action
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3.4
The reason someone does or says something
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A goal someone wants to reach
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3.2
A plan or purpose that guides someone's actions
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Etymology
The word intention comes from the old Latin verb tendere meaning 'to stretch' or 'to aim', and it is the same root as the English words intend and tend. So an intention is something you 'stretch toward', a plan or aim you mean to do.