INTENTIONAL

intentional, knowing, deliberate

(adjective) characterized by conscious design or purpose; “intentional damage”; “a knowing act of fraud”; “a deliberate attempt to provoke a response”

designed, intentional, unintentional

(adjective) done or made or performed with purpose and intent; “style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation”- Havelock Ellis; “games designed for all ages”; “well-designed houses”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

intentional (comparative more intentional, superlative most intentional)

Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.

(legal) Done with intent.

Antonyms

• unintentional

Source: Wiktionary


In*ten"tion*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. intentionnel.]

Definition: Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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