Intention
noun
The plan or aim to carry out a specific action.
His intention was to finish the project by the end of the month.
Often appears as...
- good intentions
- declare intention
noun
The determination and action to achieve something.
The team played with the intention to win.
Often appears as...
- intention to win
- intention to succeed
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General,Sport
noun
An idea that you plan to carry out.
The law requires that we prove wrongful intention to convict.
Often appears as...
- wrongful intention
- criminal intention
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Formal
Legal,Academic
noun
A healing process of the body.
The wound healed by secondary intention.
Often appears as...
- secondary intention
- healing by intention
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Formal
Medical,Academic
noun
The plan or aim to carry out a specific action.
His intention was to finish the project by the end of the month.
Often appears as...
- good intentions
- declare intention
noun
The determination and action to achieve something.
The team played with the intention to win.
Often appears as...
- intention to win
- intention to succeed
Usage tips
General,Sport
noun
An idea that you plan to carry out.
The law requires that we prove wrongful intention to convict.
Often appears as...
- wrongful intention
- criminal intention
Usage tips
Formal
Legal,Academic
noun
A healing process of the body.
The wound healed by secondary intention.
Often appears as...
- secondary intention
- healing by intention
Usage tips
Formal
Medical,Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Future Plans
Used when talking about plans you have for the future, not just a wish or a dream.
My intention is to study abroad next year.
Pro Tip 2/2Conveying Seriousness
Shows that you are serious about your plans and are committed to following through.
I have every intention of paying you back before the deadline.
Pro Tip 1/2Future Plans
Used when talking about plans you have for the future, not just a wish or a dream.
My intention is to study abroad next year.
Pro Tip 2/2Conveying Seriousness
Shows that you are serious about your plans and are committed to following through.
I have every intention of paying you back before the deadline.
Pro Tip 1/2Future Plans
Used when talking about plans you have for the future, not just a wish or a dream.
My intention is to study abroad next year.
Pro Tip 2/2Conveying Seriousness
Shows that you are serious about your plans and are committed to following through.
I have every intention of paying you back before the deadline.
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Expanding our definition...
from policy makers and often governments I'm pleased to say it's because they recognize that I don't think people are acting out to the wrong intention you know they're doing the wrong thing for the right reasons and and what I'm trying to show and I said I didn't make this up I stand in a very long tradition people have been arguing for holism
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This could be why you're...
There are very real biological contributions to depression and anxiety. But if we allow the biology to become the whole picture, as I did for so long, as I would argue our culture has done pretty much most of my life, what we're implicitly saying to people is, and this isn't anyone's intention, but what we're implicitly saying to people is,
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How not to be ignorant...
because they learned something when they went to school, and now they describe this world to the students without any bad intentions, and those books, of course, that are printed are outdated in a world that changes. And there is really no practice to keep the teaching material up to date. So that's what we are focusing on.
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What is verbal irony? -...
and spilling his books and pencil case all over the room, now that is just harsh and verbally ironic because what you said is not what you meant. That is verbal irony. You have said the opposite of what you mean. Additionally, since you have the intention of mocking this poor person,
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Where does creativity...
OK. I think if somebody really was drowning, she'd save them. But, both of these sayings -- saving a fish from drowning, or saving a man from drowning -- to me they had to do with intentions. And all of us in life, when we see a situation, we have a response.
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
to resonate other people's feelings, thoughts, intentions, motivations, in the act of being with them. As a scientist, I always wanted to measure that resonance, that sense of the other that happens so quickly, in the blink of an eye.
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Should we be looking for...
We'll likely have no clear knowledge of the evolutionary stage, sentience, character, or intentions of the first form of life we discover. So it's a risk to turn our eyes outwards. We risk our very way of life.
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The price of shame PIPE...
But we need to talk more about our responsibility to freedom of expression. We all want to be heard, but let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.
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How a Woman's Donated...
and turning to dust but we're projecting lifelike experiences on death logically I have no no problem with it emotionally I do you don't intend to stop petting our intention is to go to
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The Cutest Elephant...
her intentions may be good but the outcome could be disastrous Beebe Gower
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Expanding our definition...
from policy makers and often governments I'm pleased to say it's because they recognize that I don't think people are acting out to the wrong intention you know they're doing the wrong thing for the right reasons and and what I'm trying to show and I said I didn't make this up I stand in a very long tradition people have been arguing for holism
Video examples
This could be why you're...
There are very real biological contributions to depression and anxiety. But if we allow the biology to become the whole picture, as I did for so long, as I would argue our culture has done pretty much most of my life, what we're implicitly saying to people is, and this isn't anyone's intention, but what we're implicitly saying to people is,
Video examples
How not to be ignorant...
because they learned something when they went to school, and now they describe this world to the students without any bad intentions, and those books, of course, that are printed are outdated in a world that changes. And there is really no practice to keep the teaching material up to date. So that's what we are focusing on.
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What is verbal irony? -...
and spilling his books and pencil case all over the room, now that is just harsh and verbally ironic because what you said is not what you meant. That is verbal irony. You have said the opposite of what you mean. Additionally, since you have the intention of mocking this poor person,
Video examples
Where does creativity...
OK. I think if somebody really was drowning, she'd save them. But, both of these sayings -- saving a fish from drowning, or saving a man from drowning -- to me they had to do with intentions. And all of us in life, when we see a situation, we have a response.
Video examples
Ami Klin: A new way to...
to resonate other people's feelings, thoughts, intentions, motivations, in the act of being with them. As a scientist, I always wanted to measure that resonance, that sense of the other that happens so quickly, in the blink of an eye.
Video examples
Should we be looking for...
We'll likely have no clear knowledge of the evolutionary stage, sentience, character, or intentions of the first form of life we discover. So it's a risk to turn our eyes outwards. We risk our very way of life.
Video examples
The price of shame PIPE...
But we need to talk more about our responsibility to freedom of expression. We all want to be heard, but let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.
Video examples
How a Woman's Donated...
and turning to dust but we're projecting lifelike experiences on death logically I have no no problem with it emotionally I do you don't intend to stop petting our intention is to go to
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The Cutest Elephant...
her intentions may be good but the outcome could be disastrous Beebe Gower
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Gilbert Hernandez
American Artist
I wanted to do pretty much a purely boy story, yes. The girls are kind of the bad guys in 'Marble Season', although that wasn't my intention. It's also a world without adults.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.
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Gisele Bundchen
Brazilian Model
My intention in making a comment about the importance of breastfeeding has nothing to do with the law. It comes from my passion and beliefs about children.
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Gary Locke
American Politician
I think that there is a concern, a question mark, by people all around the world and governments all around the world, as to what China's intentions are.
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Godfrey Reggio
American Director
So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice and environmental balance, are consequences of our behavior, not just our intentions.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.
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Claire Bloom
British Actress
I have no intention of discussing my private life with anyone.
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Jason Kidd
American Athlete
With the intention of signing Lin back, I saw that I can help.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
Japanese Composer
To show my everyday life to the world was not my intention.
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Andrea Bocelli
Italian Musician
All that counts in life is intention.
Quote examples
Gilbert Hernandez
American Artist
I wanted to do pretty much a purely boy story, yes. The girls are kind of the bad guys in 'Marble Season', although that wasn't my intention. It's also a world without adults.
Quote examples
Thomas Jefferson
American President
So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.
Quote examples
Gisele Bundchen
Brazilian Model
My intention in making a comment about the importance of breastfeeding has nothing to do with the law. It comes from my passion and beliefs about children.
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Gary Locke
American Politician
I think that there is a concern, a question mark, by people all around the world and governments all around the world, as to what China's intentions are.
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Godfrey Reggio
American Director
So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice and environmental balance, are consequences of our behavior, not just our intentions.
Quote examples
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.
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Claire Bloom
British Actress
I have no intention of discussing my private life with anyone.
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Jason Kidd
American Athlete
With the intention of signing Lin back, I saw that I can help.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
Japanese Composer
To show my everyday life to the world was not my intention.
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Andrea Bocelli
Italian Musician
All that counts in life is intention.
Example 1 of 10
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