intention

== English == === Alternative forms === entention (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English entencioun, intention, from Old French entencion, from Latin intentiō, intentiōnem. Compare intent. Equivalent to intent +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/ Hyphenation: in‧ten‧tion Rhymes: -ɛnʃən Homophone: intension === Noun === intention (countable and uncountable, plural intentions) A course of action that a person intends to follow. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:intention a. 1784, attributed to Samuel Johnson Hell is paved with good intentions. The goal or purpose. (obsolete) Tension; straining, stretching. , I.iii.3: cold in those inner parts, cold belly, and hot liver, causeth crudity, and intention proceeds from perturbations […]. (obsolete) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object or a purpose (an intent); closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness. (obsolete) The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim. 1732, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Ailments …, Prop. II, p.159: 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; […]. (obsolete) Any mental apprehension of an object. (medicine) The process of the healing of a wound. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== intend intent well-intended ==== Translations ==== === Verb === intention (third-person singular simple present intentions, present participle intentioning, simple past and past participle intentioned) To intend. ==== Translations ==== === References === “intention”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “intention”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Finnish == === Noun === intention genitive singular of intentio == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French entention, from Old French entencion, borrowed from Latin intentiōnem. Respelled intention in Middle French to more closely match the Classical Latin form. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === intention f (plural intentions) intention ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “intention”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Noun === intention f (plural intentions) alternative form of entention == Swedish == === Noun === intention c (often in the plural) an intention (planned course of action) ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== avsikt (more idiomatic for "it was not my intention" and the like) === References === “intention”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “intention”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “intention”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)