Intention
Nouns
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intent, intention, intentionality
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purpose
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project etc. Plan
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undertaking etc. Undertaking
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predetermination etc. Predetermination
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design, ambition. contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal
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study
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look out. final cause
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object, aim, end
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the be all and the end all
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" drift etc. (meaning) [Idea to be conveyed.] Meaning [Thing signified.]
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tendency etc. Tendency
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destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, quintain [Mediev.]
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prey, quarry, game. decision, determination, resolve
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fixed set purpose, settled purpose
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ultimatum
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resolution etc. Resolution
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wish etc. Desire
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motive etc. Motive. [Study of final causes] teleology.
Verbs
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intend, purpose, design, mean
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have to
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propose to oneself
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harbor a design
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have in view, have in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in petto
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have an eye to. bid for, labor for
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be after, aspire after, endeavor after
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be at, aim at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at
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take aim
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set before oneself
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study to. take upon oneself etc. (undertake) Undertaking
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take into one's head
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meditate, contemplate of, think of, dream of, talk of
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premeditate etc. Predetermination
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compass, calculate
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destine, destinate
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propose. project etc. (plan) Plan
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have a mind to etc. (be willing) Willingness
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desire etc. Desire
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pursue etc. [Purpose in action.] Pursuit.
Adjectives
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intended etc. v.
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intentional, advised, express, determinate
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prepense etc. Predetermination
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bound for
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intending etc. v.
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minded
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bent upon etc. (earnest) Resolution
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at stake
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on the anvil, on the tapis
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in view, in prospect, in the breast of
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in petto
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teleological
Adverbs
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intentionally etc. adj.
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advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly
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with intent etc. n.
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deliberately etc. (with premeditation) Predetermination
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with one's eyes open, in cold blood. for
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with a view, with an eye to
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in order to, in order that
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to the end that, with the intent that
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for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of. in pursuance of, pursuant to
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to all intents and purposes.
Phrases
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions" [Johnson]