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Noun: intention  in'ten-shun
  1. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
    "good intentions are not enough";
    - purpose, intent, aim, design
     
  2. (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal
    "his intentions are entirely honourable"
     
  3. An act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out
    "my intention changed once I saw her"

Sounds like: intense, intetion, inten

Derived forms: intentions

Type of: end, goal, volition, willing

Encyclopedia: Intention