intention, intent, purpose, design, aim, end, object, objective, goal mean what one intends to accomplish or attain. intention implies little more than what one has in mind to do or bring about.
Whether you are aware of it or not, an intention underlies any thought or action. Kids' intentions, on the other hand, tend to be pretty straightforward. So advocates have every intention of doing everything they can to keep those trends headed in the right direction.
Intention simply signifies a course of action that one proposes to follow: It is my intention to work for a year and then go back to school. Intent more strongly implies deliberateness: The executor complied with the testator's intent.
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)
Intentions are responsible for initiating, sustaining, and terminating actions and are frequently used to explain why people engage in a certain behavior. Understanding the behavior of others in terms of intentions already happens in early childhood.
An intention is a plan or aim to carry out a specific action or achieve a particular outcome in the future. It's the mental state that represents a conscious commitment or determination to act in a certain way or accomplish something.
INTENTION definition: an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result. See examples of intention used in a sentence.
Definition of intention noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.