Definitions for intention

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intention in·ten·tion

Spelling: [in-ten-shuh n]

IPA: /ɪnˈtɛn ʃən/

Intention is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 93 anagrams from letters in intention (eiinnnott).

Definitions for intention

noun

1. an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
2. the end or object intended; purpose.
3. intentions. purpose or attitude toward the effect of one's actions or conduct: purpose or attitude with respect to marriage:
4. the act or fact of intending.
5. Logic. Also called first intention, primary intention. reference by signs, concepts, etc., to concrete things, their properties, classes, or the relationships among them. Also called second intention, secondary intention. reference to properties, classes, or the relationships among first intentions.
6. Surgery, Medicine/Medical. a manner or process of healing, as in the healing of a lesion or fracture without granulation (healing by first intention) or the healing of a wound by granulation after suppuration (healing by second intention)
7. meaning or significance:
8. the person or thing meant to benefit from a prayer or religious offering.
9. Archaic. intentness.

Origin of intention

1300-50; Middle English intencio(u)n Latin intentiōn- (stem of intentiō). See intent², -ion

Examples for intention

“Hollywood dilutes material to a level I have no interest in, or intention following,” Wiseman says firmly.

“The intention is to create a 21st century auction house,” Gilkes says.

One morning at about eleven, he announces his intention as though it's truly an unusual thought: “Let's have a little drink.”

The intention is, I tell you plainly, to mortify you into a sense of your duty.

He turned toward the hall door as if with the intention of lighting the chandelier.

She could feel its false precision, its intention, its repulse of her.

My intention is to make it with the same approach as Anchorman 2.

Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it is not my intention to do away with government.

And, if it's any comfort to you, I have no intention of interfering in any way.

One reason for withholding information was the president had no intention of shutting down the initiative.