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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