Meaning of intention | Babel Free

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1. A course of action that a person intends to follow.
   countable, uncountable
2. What one intends to do or achieve:aim, ambition, design, end, goal, intent, mark, meaning, object, objective, point, purpose, target, view, why.
3. The goal or purpose.
   countable, uncountable
4. purpose; what a person means to do. He broke into the house with intent to steal. voorneme قَصْد، هَدَف анмерение intenção úmysl die Absicht hensigt σκοπός, πρόθεσηintención, propósito kavatsus نیت aikomus intentionכוונה आशय, अभिप्राय namjera szándék, cél tujuan ætlun, ásetningur intento 意図 의도 ketinimas nodoms; nolūks tujuan bedoelinghensikt, formålzamiar مقصد intenção in­tenţie, scop намерение úmysel namen namera syfte, avsikt, uppsåt จุดมุ่งหมาย amaç, maksat, kasıt 目的，意圖 намір; мета مقصد mụ...
5. Tension; straining, stretching.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
6. what a person plans or intends to do. He has no intention of leaving; He went to see the boss with the intention of asking for a pay rise; If I have offended you, it was quite without intention; good intentions. bedoeling, voorneme قَصْد، نِيَّه намерение intenção záměr, úmysl die Absicht hensigt; intention πρόθεσηintención kavatsus قصد؛ منظور aikomus intentionכוונה सदाशय nakana (feltett) szándék maksud ætlun intenzione 意図 의도, 의향 ketinimas nodoms; nolūks bertujuan bedoelinghensikt, intensjon,...
7. A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object or a purpose (an intent); closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
8. (negative unintentional) done, said etc deliberately and not by accident. I'm sorry I offended you – it wasn't intentional; intentional cruelty. opsetlik مَقْصود، مُتَعَمَّد умишлен intencional úmyslný absichtlich bevidst σκόπιμος, εσκεμμένοςintencional tahtlik عمدی tarkoituksellinen intentionnelמכוון साभिप्राय namjeran szándékos disengaja vísvitandi, viljandi intenzionale 故意の 의도적인 tyčinis nodomāts; tīšs sengaja opzettelijkmed hensikt, bevisst umyślny عمداُ intencional in­ten­­ţionat умышленн...
   negative
9. The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
10. opsetlik بِصورَةٍ مَقْصودَه умишлено intencionalmente úmyslně absichtlich med vilje επίτηδεςintencionalmente tahtlikult بطور عمدی tarkoituksellisesti intentionnellementבכוונה विववाह के विषय में विचार namjerno szándékosan dengan sengaja viljandi intenzionalmente 故意に 의도적으로 tyčia tīšām dengan sengaja opzettelijkmed hensikt, forsettligumyślnie قصداُ عمداُ، اراده intencionalmente (în mod) intenţionat умышленно úmyselne namerno namerno avsiktligt โดยตั้งใจ bilerek, kasten 故意地 навмисно دانستگی سے mộ...
11. Any mental apprehension of an object.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
12. with great concentration. He was watching her intently. aandagtig باهْتِمام شَديد съсредоточено atentamente soustředěně aufmerksam anspændt επίμοναatentamente pinevalt با دقت؛ با اشتیاق tarkkaavaisesti attentivement בְּרִיכּוּז एकाग्रता usredotočeno feszült figyelemmel dengan tekun af eftirtekt, gaumgæfilega attentamente 一心に 열심히 įdėmiai uzmanīgi dengan tekun gespannenufravendt, anspentbacznie په ځیر کی atentamente atent пристально sústredene pozorno namerno med spänd uppmärksamhet อย่างตั้งใจ...
13. The process of the healing of a wound.
    countable, uncountable
14. The action or fact of intending: Are computers capable of intention?
15. An aim that guides action; an objective: My intention is to learn Russian.
16. Medicine The process by which or the manner in which a wound heals.
    Medicine
17. Archaic Import; meaning.
    Archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“My intention was to marry a wealthy widow.”

“It’s easy to promise anything when you have no intention of fulfilling any of it.”

“a. 1784, attributed to Samuel Johnson Hell is paved with good intentions.”

““My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.””

“It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me.[…]””

“The intention of this legislation is to boost the economy.”

“Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone.”

“cold in those inner parts, cold belly, and hot liver, causeth crudity, and intention proceeds from perturbations […].”

“it is attention: when the mind with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea, considers it on all sides, and will not be called off by the ordinary solicitation of other ideas, it is that we call intention or study”

“In a Word, the most part of chronical Distempers proceed from Laxity of Fibres; in which Case the principal Intention is to restore the Tone of the solid Parts; […].”

“When healing occurs by primary intention, the wound is basically closed with all areas of the wound connecting and healing simultaneously.”

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