intention
(noun) an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out; “my intention changed once I saw her”
purpose, intent, intention, aim, design
(noun) an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; “his intent was to provide a new translation”; “good intentions are not enough”; “it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs”; “he made no secret of his designs”
intention
(noun) (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal; “his intentions are entirely honorable”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
intention (countable and uncountable, plural intentions)
The goal or purpose behind a specific action or set of actions.
(obsolete) Tension; straining, stretching.
A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object or a purpose (an intent); closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
(obsolete) The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
(obsolete) Any mental apprehension of an object.
(medicine) The process of the healing of a wound.
• (purpose behind a specific action): See also intention
intention (third-person singular simple present intentions, present participle intentioning, simple past and past participle intentioned)
Intend
Source: Wiktionary
In*ten"tion, n. Etym: [F. intention, L. intentio. See Intend, and cf. Intension.]
1. A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness. Intention is when the mind, with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea. Locke.
2. A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York. Hell is paved with good intentions. Johnson.
3. The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim. In [chronical distempers], the principal intention is to restore the tone of the solid parts. Arbuthnot.
4. The state of being strained. See Intension. [Obs.]
5. (Logic)
Definition: Any mental apprehension of an object. First intention (Logic), a conception of a thing formed by the first or direct application of the mind to the individual object; an idea or image; as, man, stone.
– Second intention (Logic), a conception generalized from first intuition or apprehension already formed by the mind; an abstract notion; especially, a classified notion, as species, genus, whiteness.
– To heal by the first intention (Surg.), to cicatrize, as a wound, without suppuration.
– To heal by the second intention (Surg.), to unite after suppuration.
Syn.
– Design; purpose; object; aim; intent; drift; purport; meaning. See Design.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
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