intention

Roget category 620

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.1. Conceptional volition

#620. Intention

noun

intent, intention, intentionality — purpose — quo animo [Lat.] — project etc. 626 — undertaking etc. 676 — predetermination etc. 611 — design, ambition.
contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal — study — look out.
final cause — raison d'etre [Fr.] — cui bono [Lat.] — object, aim, end — the be all and the end all —" drift etc. (meaning) 516 — tendency etc. 176 — destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, quintain [Mediev.] — prey, quarry, game.
decision, determination, resolve — fixed set purpose, settled purpose — ultimatum — resolution etc. 604 — wish etc. 865 — arriere pensee [Fr.] — motive etc. 615.
[Study of final causes] teleology.

verb

intend, purpose, design, mean — have to — propose to oneself — harbor a design — have in view, have in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in petto — have an eye to.
bid for, labor for — be after, aspire after, endeavor after — be at, aim at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at — take aim — set before oneself — study to.
take upon oneself etc. (undertake) 676 — take into one's head — meditate, contemplate of, think of, dream of, talk of — premeditate etc. 611 — compass, calculate — destine, destinate^† — propose.
project etc. (plan) 626 — have a mind to etc. (be willing) 602 — desire etc. 865 — pursue etc. 622.

adjective

intended etc. v. — intentional, advised, express, determinate — prepense etc. 611^† — bound for — intending etc. v. — minded — bent upon etc. (earnest) 604 — at stake — on the anvil, on the tapis^† — in view, in prospect, in the breast of — in petto — teleological

adverb

intentionally etc. adj. — advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly — with intent etc. n. — deliberately etc. (with premeditation) 611 — with one's eyes open, in cold blood.
for — with a view, with an eye to — in order to, in order that — to the end that, with the intent that — for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of.
in pursuance of, pursuant to — quo animo [Lat.] — to all intents and purposes.

phrase

The road to hell is paved with good intentions" [Johnson]; sublimi feriam sidera vertice [Lat.] [Horace].

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