intention

[in-ten-shuh n] /ɪnˈtɛn ʃən/
noun
1.
an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
2.
the end or object intended; purpose.
3.
intentions.
  1. purpose or attitude toward the effect of one's actions or conduct:
    a bungler with good intentions.
  2. purpose or attitude with respect to marriage:
    Our friends are beginning to ask what our intentions are.
4.
the act or fact of intending.
5.
Logic.
  1. Also called first intention, primary intention. reference by signs, concepts, etc., to concrete things, their properties, classes, or the relationships among them.
  2. Also called second intention, secondary intention. reference to properties, classes, or the relationships among first intentions.
6.
Surgery, Medicine/Medical. 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)
7.
meaning or significance:
The intention of his words was clear.
8.
the person or thing meant to benefit from a prayer or religious offering.
9.
Archaic. intentness.
Origin
1300-50; Middle English intencio(u)n < Latin intentiōn- (stem of intentiō). See intent2, -ion
Related forms
intentionless, adjective
misintention, noun
preintention, noun
subintention, noun
Synonyms
2. goal. Intention, intent, purpose all refer to a wish that one means to carry out. Intention is the general word: His intention is good. Intent is chiefly legal or literary: attack with intent to kill. Purpose implies having a goal or determination to achieve something: Her strong sense of purpose is reflected in her studies.
Examples from the web for intention
  • That's by day-to-day intention-to live simpler and lighter on the planet.
  • His intention was to earn more money and find a better court position for himself, using his children as bait.
  • Their original intention was to understand how the hours of daylight affect the length of the mosquitoes breeding season.
  • In this picture, he is around my leg with no intention on letting go.
  • He probably had no intention of using it as a weapon.
  • Such is my intention with this trip: to explore from here to there and to share it with all of you.
  • Their intention was to make tourism a vehicle for socio-economic growth in the region.
  • One month notice means one month's notice of your intention to vacate.
  • But of course this in not necessarily connected with any intention on the part of the gazer.
  • intention to leave but can't due to other factors would also be important.
British Dictionary definitions for intention

intention

/ɪnˈtɛnʃən/
noun
1.
a purpose or goal; aim: it is his intention to reform
2.
(law) the resolve or design with which a person does or refrains from doing an act, a necessary ingredient of certain offences
3.
(med) a natural healing process, as by first intention, in which the edges of a wound cling together with no tissue between, or by second intention, in which the wound edges adhere with granulation tissue
4.
(usually pl) design or purpose with respect to a proposal of marriage (esp in the phrase honourable intentions)
5.
an archaic word for meaning, intentness
Word Origin and History for intention
n.

mid-14c., from Old French entencion "stretching, intensity, will, thought" (12c.), from Latin intentionem (nominative intentio) "a stretching out, straining, exertion, effort; attention," noun of action from intendere "to turn one's attention," literally "to stretch out" (see intend).

intention in Medicine

intention in·ten·tion (ĭn-těn'shən)
n.

  1. An aim that guides action.

  2. The process by which or the manner in which a wound heals.

in·ten'tion·al adj.