intention

Definition

  • noun: the thing that you plan to do or achieve
  • noun: a determination to act in a certain way
  • synonyms: aim, purport, meaning

Examples

  • We 'have every intention of' continuing with this project [=we intend to continue with this project], whatever the cost.

  • He said he loved her, but he actually 'had no intention of' marrying her. [=he did not intend to marry her]

  • He seemed to think that I was trying to cause problems, but that was never my 'intention'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) .. ...toward our President on our one and onIy mode of transportation... .. ...with Rita as prisoner, armed with machinery of mass destruction... .. ...with the simpIe intention of taking over the country. .. -You need to caIm down. -I can't be caIm. .. I'm the master of the mechanicaI stuff! .. (..)
    1999 Wild Wild West