intention

n. உட்கருத்து, உட்கொள், உள் எண்ணம், உள்ளக்குறிப்பு, குறிக்கொண்ட செயல்முடிவு, மனத்துட்கொண்ட செயல் திட்டம், கருதப்பட்ட செய்தி, (அள) புலனுணர்வு தொகுத்த பொதுக் கருத்துப்படிவம், (மரு) பண்டுவத் திட்டம், (இறை) வழிபாட்டு நேர்வுக் குறிக்கோள்.

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Synonyms

#verb intend, determine, design, resolve, mean, propose #noun intention, design, mind, meaning, view, object, aim, end, scope,point, resolve

Antonyms

#verb chance, risk, hazard, revoke, miscalculate, venture, stake #noun chance, fortune, fate, accident, hazard, lot, casualty, lottery,hit

In*ten"tion, n. Etym: [F. intention, L. intentio. See Intend, and cf. Intension.] 1. A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness. Intention is when the mind, with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea. Locke. 2. A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York. Hell is paved with good intentions. Johnson. 3. The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim. In [chronical distempers], the principal intention is to restore the tone of the solid parts. Arbuthnot. 4. The state of being strained. See Intension. [Obs.] 5. (Logic) Defn: Any mental apprehension of an object. First intention (Logic), a conception of a thing formed by the first or direct application of the mind to the individual object; an idea or image; as, man, stone. -- Second intention (Logic), a conception generalized from first intuition or apprehension already formed by the mind; an abstract notion; especially, a classified notion, as species, genus, whiteness. -- To heal by the first intention (Surg.), to cicatrize, as a wound, without suppuration. -- To heal by the second intention (Surg.), to unite after suppuration. Syn. -- Design; purpose; object; aim; intent; drift; purport; meaning. See Design.

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