intention
noun
[ ɪnˈtɛnʃ(ə)n ]
• a thing intended; an aim or plan.
• "she was full of good intentions"
Similar:
aim,
purpose,
intent,
objective,
object,
goal,
target,
end,
design,
plan,
scheme,
resolve,
resolution,
determination,
wish,
desire,
ambition,
idea,
dream,
aspiration,
hope,
• the healing process of a wound.
• conceptions formed by directing the mind towards an object.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French entencion, from Latin intentio(n- ) ‘stretching, purpose’, from intendere (see intend).
