intention
intention Lexical Profile
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• noun
A thing intended; an aim, plan, or purpose that guides a person's actions.
"She announced her intention to apply for the graduate fellowship next spring."
A person's plans or attitude toward someone, especially regarding whether they wish to marry them (usually used in the plural).
"In classic nineteenth-century novels, a father would often ask a suitor to state his intentions."
The healing process of a wound, categorized according to whether the edges unite directly without granulation or heal more slowly through granulation.
"Because the surgical incision was clean and properly sutured, it healed rapidly by first intention."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Old French entencion, from Latin intentio ('a stretching out, straining, attention, purpose'), derived from the verb intendere ('to stretch out, direct one's attention toward').