intention
A course of action that a person intends to follow.
Example
“My intention was to marry a wealthy widow.”
Other meanings
The goal or purpose.
“The intention of this legislation is to boost the economy.”
The process of the healing of a wound.
Synonyms
- purpose
- aim
- design
Related words
- intentionless
- misintention
- nonintention
- subintention
- counter-intention
- intentional
- secondary intention
- paradoxical intention
- well-intentioned
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "intentio" (intentiō, intentiōnem).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “intention” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.