On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Intention. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as goal or purpose and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Intention in a sentence
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Intention meaning
- A course of action that a person intends to follow.
- The goal or purpose.
- Tension; straining, stretching.
Using Intention
- The main meaning on this page is: A course of action that a person intends to follow. | The goal or purpose. | Tension; straining, stretching.
- Useful related words include: goal, end, purpose, intent.
- In the example corpus, intention often appears in combinations such as: intention to, intention of, the 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.
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.
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.
Adoption of a resolution announcing the intention of the Bossier City Council to start the process of selecting a Charter Review Commission.
After completing a bachelor’s degree in international relations at the University of Calgary, he went to Austria for a master’s degree in international conflict before moving to Cyprus in 2006 with the intention of staying and working on the island.
After the pilot concludes, the intention is to roll this approach out across the entire UK business.
Ajagunna, in a statement, at the weekend, signed by him, officially declared his intention to contest for the governorship position in the State in the forthcoming election.
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×