Synonym: aim, design, intent, purpose. Similar words: intervention, a bone of contention, attention, pay attention to, intent, constitutional convention, intermittent, mention. Meaning: [ɪn'tenʃn] n. 1. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions 2. (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal 3. an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out.
Random good picture Not show
181 I had no intention of violating or circumventing Senate rules.
182 Opening to the power of intention, you begin knowing that conception, birth and death are all natural aspects of the energy field of creation. Wayne Dyer
183 The House held that the discretion, being a discretion conferred by statute, must be exercised in accordance with the statutory intention.
184 The intention is that the demonstration projects will prove attractive enough to stimulate other local authorities to follow suit.
185 While the intention was to stimulate industrial growth by freeing the market, the actual result was vastly different.
186 Government intention does not transform itself into public enterprise action in a mechanical and straight forward way.
187 He refuses to marry her, in spite of the fact that he gave her a legal document stating his intention.
188 It is not the intention of this book to discuss in any detail the shifting politics of the Catholic population.
189 This expresses a fact, idea or intention which will be realised if a certain condition is fulfilled.
190 The bill's promoter stated specifically that he has no intention of going on to tackle shooting or angling.
191 There is no requirement of an intention permanently to deprive.
192 It had begun the seventies with the declared intention of contributing 0.7 percent of the gross national product in official aid.
193 It is our intention to provide a high level service for planning work using the central system.
194 It has announced its intention not to borrow and therefore will not expose investors to levels of high gearing.
195 Brown said it was never his intention to stop police from enforcing the laws.
196 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has declared its intention of buying up to 15 percent and is thought to be quietly picking up stock.
197 One of the great self-deceptions - and one of the great foolishnesses - is to tell yourself(sentence dictionary), Only I will know. Only you will know that you are a liar; only you will know you deal unethically with people who trust you; only you will know you have no intention of honoring your promise. Whose knowledge or judgment do you imagine is more important? It is precisely your own ego from which there is no escape. Nathaniel Branden
198 My intention was to stand off and on the cape until the head wind changed.
199 The accused did not have the intention permanently to deprive at the relevant time.
200 It is assisted by conscious intention on our part to recover balance and vibrant health.
201 Kevin Welch has been appointed skipper because Richard Smith has declared his intention to retire.
202 A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. Seneca
203 The case has been cited as showing the power of intention in trusts, as Iavolenus allows the uncle the estate.
204 It is not our intention to discuss the details of these fundamental functions of plants and their importance to the aquarium.
205 It stated that the Government's intention was to increase court and public confidence in the effectiveness of community-based penalties.
206 But the officials deny there was any intention to kill.
207 Marchant builds up a factual record of dereliction in Stepney with the intention of conveying a sense of loss.
208 A finding of unlawful discrimination may be made even though the employer has no intention to discriminate.
209 Note yet again, however, that it was not their prime intention to produce clones.
210 Partly as a result of all these changes, the government has announced its intention to equalise the State pension age.
More similar words: intervention, a bone of contention, attention, pay attention to, intent, constitutional convention, intermittent, mention, integration, interaction, invention, prevention, convention, international, not to mention, interpretation, conventional, identification, intend, intense, intensity, sentence, maintenance, potential, potentially, enter into, licentious, conscientious, introduction, introspection.