Intention means A course of action that a person intends to follow. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like goal or purpose.
Intention in a sentence
Related words
Intention meaning
- A course of action that a person intends to follow.
- The goal or purpose.
- Tension; straining, stretching.
Example sentences (20)
At the start of June, Lloris revealed his intention to leave Spurs after 11 years club – eight of those as captain.
CAN we expect the SNP to announce a U-turn on its intention to seek EU membership following separation from the UK?
Costco, which has 29 sites across the UK, first announced its intention to come to Gloucestershire last November.
Davis said Quintin had emailed his three sons the previous year informing them of his intention to kill himself.
A lot of us in our lives, we have every intention of our lives going one way, but for whatever reason, they go another.
But Mrs Groom said she has no intention of staying in bed after nearly 50 years of getting into work at 7.20am.
Entertainment Tonightconfirms that Graceland will go to Presley's daughters, noting that this was always her intention.
Fathia did not give us the courtesy of notifying the artiste or his team of their intention to cancel the tour.
DeSantis has not announced his intention to run for the Republican nomination but is widely expected to do so.
Alan Gemmell has announced his intention to stand with the hopes of driving change and bringing a "new era for Scotland".
And Savanta’s own voting intention poll in early December had Labour’s lead down to a much-reduced 11 points.
An Elgin family have been allowed to keep a 6ft fence which was put up with the intention of deterring anti-social behaviour.
An FCA spokesperson said: "We are aware of Odey Wealth Management's intention to wind-down the business.
Creating music with lyrics that are true to life's lows while emitting uplifting emotions is key to her intention as an artist.
As is Hip Hop tradition, young rappers tend to take swipes at the leaders of the genre, most times, to announce their intention.
Ask your friends and family to hold you accountable and support you in staying true to your intention.
After the pilot concludes, the intention is to roll this approach out across the entire UK business.
During the interview, Coleen revealed her intention to discuss her love life openly and the lessons it has imparted over the years.
All the accused have been charged with criminal breach of trust, cheating, and common intention.
He claimed he would have used them only for shoplifting and had no intention of harming anyone.
Common combinations with intention
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- intention to 87×
- intention of 55×
- the intention 53×
- his intention 33×
- no intention 32×
- intention is 10×
- my intention 7×
- intention was 7×
- intention that 7×
- her intention 7×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word intention. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.