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   intention

   /ɪnˈtɛnʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a thing intended; an aim or plan: "she was full of good intentions" Similar aimpurposeintentobjectiveobjectgoaltargetenddesignplanschemeresolveresolutiondeterminationwishdesireambitionideadreamaspirationhope
   • ▪ the action or fact of intending: "intention is just one of the factors that will be considered" Similar deliberatenessintentionalityintentdesigncalculationpremeditationpreconceptionforethoughtplanplanningpre-planningadvance planningprearrangementmalice aforethoughtOpposite inadvertencyaccident
   • ▪ a person's plans, especially a man's, in respect to marriage: "if his intentions aren't honourable, I never want to see him again"
   • 2. the healing process of a wound.
   • 3. conceptions formed by directing the mind towards an object.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French entencion, from Latin intentio(n-) ‘stretching, purpose’, from intendere (see intend).

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