intention

in-ten-tion · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A plan or aim; what one intends to do.

  2. 2.

    The healing process of a wound (medical).

Forms

plural: intentions

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    with the best of intentions — Having good motives, even if the result is bad.
  • •
    have every intention — To be determined to do something.
  • •
    no intention of — Having no plan to do something.

Related words

Antonyms: accident, chance
See also: goal, intend, purpose
Synonyms: aim, goal, purpose

Etymology

From Old French entencion, from Latin intentio ("a stretching, purpose"), from intendere ("to stretch out, aim at"). Related to "intend."