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intention

noun
/ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/

Etymology

From Middle English entencioun, intention, from Old French entencion, from Latin intentiō, intentiōnem. Compare intent. Equivalent to intent + -ion.

  1. derived from intentio
  2. derived from entencion
  3. inherited from entencioun

Definitions

  1. A course of action that a person intends to follow.

    • 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.

  2. The goal or purpose.

    • 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.

  3. Tension

    Tension; straining, stretching.

    • cold in those inner parts, cold belly, and hot liver, causeth crudity, and intention proceeds from perturbations […].
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object or a purpose (an intent)

      A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object or a purpose (an intent); closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.

      • 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

    2. The object toward which the thoughts are directed

      The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.

      • 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; […].

    3. Any mental apprehension of an object.

    4. The process of the healing of a wound.

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

    5. To intend.

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Derived

counter-intention, intentional, intentionless, misintention, nonintention, paradoxical intention, secondary intention, subintention, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, well-intentioned

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at intention. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at intention. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at intention

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA