intention
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,813 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,974 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions also: purpose, intent, aim, design his intent was to provide a new translationgood intentions are not enough
- (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal his intentions are entirely honorable
- an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out my intention changed once I saw her
intention in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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For a moment he was as curious as the others as to Paredes's intention.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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He was irritated at M. Costeclar’s coolness; but it was not his intention to push things further.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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It's our most pressing national need, Sir, and I have long cherished the intention of supplying it.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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She had few relatives, and none of them had any intention of burdening themselves with her pennilessness.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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He rather weakly appeals to the wooers’ consciences, and announces his intention of going to seek his father.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1