INTENTION


Meaning of INTENTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪntenʃ(ə)n ]

( intentions)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

An intention is an idea or plan of what you are going to do.

Beveridge announced his intention of standing for parliament...

Unfortunately, his good intentions never seemed to last long.

N-VAR : oft N of -ing , N to-inf

2.

If you say that you have no intention of doing something, you are emphasizing that you are not going to do it. If you say that you have every intention of doing something, you are emphasizing that you intend to do it.

We have no intention of buying American jets...

PHRASE : V inflects , PHR -ing [ emphasis ]

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