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Intention meaning

A course of action that a person intends to follow. | The goal or purpose. | Tension; straining, stretching.

Synonyms of Intention

Example sentences (20)

It is my intention as a presidential candidate and the intention of the Labour Party to challenge this judgement by way of appeal immediately, as allowed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Can we hold responsible the AI maker or implementer if the AI was able to formulate a self-intention and act on that intention?

Adams said that the Health Ministry has no intention to defraud or give the impression of a cover-up, the intention rather is to save lives.

That said, while the University has every intention to continue improving NUPD, we have absolutely no intention to abolish it," Schapiro wrote.

While UCSA’s intention was to represent a variety of students in the planning of these events, their execution of this intention was called into question at the end of the event by students that felt as though they were not fairly represented.

Rushiti says he formed an intention to appeal within the time period set for appeal and his wife indicated that intention to his lawyer on the last day for appeal,” reads Feehan’s decision.

Their haste to merge this list and their absolute objection for comprehensive verification raise serious suspicion that GECOM’s intention is not pure, that GECOM’s intention is towards something evil.

Their haste to merge this list and their absolute objection for comprehensive verification raises serious suspicion that GECOM’s intention is not pure, that GECOM’s intention is towards something evil.

Brown has denied all sexual misconduct allegations and has stated his intention to clear his name (also announcing his intention to sue CTV over the allegations), and is now running to reclaim his job as PC leader.

Bad faith is a concept in negotiation theory whereby parties pretend to reason to reach settlement, but have no intention to do so, for example, one political party may pretend to negotiate, with no intention to compromise, for political effect.

Calvinist groups use the term Hyper-Calvinism to describe Calvinistic systems that assert without qualification that God's intention to destroy some is equal to his intention to save others.

If a player wishes to touch a piece with the intention of adjusting its position on a square, the player must first alert the opponent of this intention by saying J'adoube or "I adjust".

Intention to possess An intention to possess (sometimes called animus possidendi) is the other component of possession.

It is important to distinguish between the intention sufficient to obtain possession of a thing and the intention required to commit the crime of possessing something illegally, such as banned drugs, firearms or stolen goods.

The intention taken in vain, the unfulfilled promise, leaves despondency, dejection, that in turn perhaps soon blazes up into an even more vehement intention, which leaves only greater listlessness.

Abure said, “The intention of the programme is to build the capacity of our local governments and ward executives in terms of what they are expected to do during an election.

Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, said in a brief statement said that it informed Qatar on Friday of Hamas’ intention to release the two people.

According to Mr Maher, this evidence demonstrated that one of the three shots had been aimed downwards, towards a road or footpath, which he said was inconsistent with an intention to kill.

According to the complaint, the statement was made before the media and broadcast through Twitter with the intention of damaging the reputation of the university, despite knowing that such utterances would be defamatory.

According to the report, Singh indicated his intention to apply for legal aid.