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say it: in-TEN-chuhn
intention is a noun meaning "an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions". It carries 3 recorded senses.
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
“his intent was to provide a new translation”
“good intentions are not enough”
“it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs”
“he made no secret of his designs”
(usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal
“his intentions are entirely honorable”
plural
an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out
“my intention changed once I saw her”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for intention come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.