INTENTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does intention mean?
• INTENTION (noun)
The noun INTENTION has 3 senses:
1. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
2. (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal
3. an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out
Familiarity information: INTENTION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• INTENTION (noun)
Meaning:
An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
aim; intent; intention; purpose; design
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("intention" is a kind of...):
end; goal (the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intention"):
idea; mind (your intention; what you intend to do)
cross-purpose (a contrary aim)
final cause ((philosophy) the end or purpose of a thing or process)
sake (the purpose of achieving or obtaining)
view (purpose; the phrase 'with a view to' means 'with the intention of' or 'for the purpose of')
will (a fixed and persistent intent or purpose)
Meaning:
(usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
his intentions are entirely honorable
Hypernyms ("intention" is a kind of...):
end; goal (the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Meaning:
An act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
my intention changed once I saw her
Hypernyms ("intention" is a kind of...):
volition; willing (the act of making a choice)
