intention

noun · verbB2

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noun
Plural noun:
intentionsentention
  1. 1.

    (countable, uncountable)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. 2.

    (countable, uncountable)The goal or purpose.

    The intention of this legislation is to boost the economy.

  3. 3.

    (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Tension; straining, stretching.

    cold in those inner parts, cold belly, and hot liver, causeth crudity, and intention proceeds from perturbations […].

  4. 4.

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

  5. 5.

    (countable, obsolete, uncountable)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; […].

  6. 6.

    (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Any mental apprehension of an object.

  7. 7.

    (countable, uncountable)(medicine) The process of the healing of a wound.

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
intentions
V_ing/Gerund
intentioning
V_ed/pp
intentionedentention
  1. 1.

    To intend.

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Nguồn gốc từ

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

Nguồn dữ liệu: freedict, wiktionary · cập nhật 16/8/2026

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