intention

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• /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/
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• rhymes with -ɛnʃən
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• homophone: intension
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T EH1 N CH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English entencioun, intention, from Old French entencion, from Latin intentiō, intentiōnem. Compare intent. Equivalent to intent + -ion.

161 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: qëllim — course intended to follow
• Albanian: synim — course intended to follow
• Arabic: قَصْد (qaṣd) — course intended to follow
• Arabic: إِرَادَة (ʔirāda) — course intended to follow
• Arabic: نِيَّة (niyya) — course intended to follow
• Arabic: قصد (ʔaṣd) — course intended to follow
• Arabic: قَصْد (gaṣd) — course intended to follow
• Arabic: نِيَّة (niyya) — course intended to follow
• Armenian: մտադրություն (mtadrutʻyun) — course intended to follow
• Armenian: միտում (mitum) — course intended to follow
• Azerbaijani: niyyət — course intended to follow
• Azerbaijani: qəsd — course intended to follow
• Bashkir: ниәт (niət) — course intended to follow
• Basque: asmo — course intended to follow
• Belarusian: наме́р (namjér) — course intended to follow
• Belarusian: заме́р (zamjér) — course intended to follow
• Bengali: উদ্দেশ্য (uddeśśo) — course intended to follow
• Bengali: মকসদ (mokśod) — course intended to follow
• Bengali: ইরাদা (irada) — course intended to follow
• Bengali: নিয়ত (niẏot) — course intended to follow
• Bhojpuri: इरादा (irādā) — course intended to follow
• Bulgarian: намере́ние (namerénie) — course intended to follow
• Burmese: အကြံ (a.kram) — course intended to follow
• Catalan: intenció — course intended to follow
• Chechen: ойла (ojla) — course intended to follow
• Chinese Mandarin: 意向 (yìxiàng) — course intended to follow
• Chinese Mandarin: 意圖 /意图 (yìtú) — course intended to follow
• Czech: úmysl — course intended to follow
• Czech: záměr — course intended to follow
• Danish: hensigt — course intended to follow
• Dutch: voornemen — course intended to follow
• Dutch: opzet — course intended to follow
• Dutch: oogmerk — course intended to follow
• Dutch: intentie — course intended to follow
• Esperanto: intenco — course intended to follow
• Estonian: kavatsus — course intended to follow
• Faroese: ætlan — course intended to follow
• Faroese: ætling — course intended to follow
• Faroese: ættingur — course intended to follow
• Finnish: aie — course intended to follow
• French: intention — course intended to follow
• Georgian: განზრახვა (ganzraxva) — course intended to follow
• German: Absicht — course intended to follow
• Greek: πρόθεση (próthesi) — course intended to follow
• Hebrew: כַּווָּנָה (kavaná) — course intended to follow
• Hindi: अभिप्राय (abhiprāy) — course intended to follow
• Hindi: इच्छा (icchā) — course intended to follow
• Hindi: उद्देश्य (uddeśya) — course intended to follow
• Hindi: विवक्षिता (vivakṣitā) — course intended to follow
• Hindi: इरादा (irādā) — course intended to follow
• Hindi: नीयत (nīyat) — course intended to follow
• Hungarian: szándék — course intended to follow
• Icelandic: ætlun — course intended to follow
• Indonesian: niat — course intended to follow
• Irish: cuspóir — course intended to follow
• Italian: intenzione — course intended to follow
• Japanese: 意図 (ito) — course intended to follow
• Japanese: 意向 (ikō) — course intended to follow
• Kazakh: ниет (niet) — course intended to follow
• Kazakh: діт (dıt) — course intended to follow
• Khmer: ចេតនា (ceetaʼnaa) — course intended to follow
• Korean: 의도 (uido) — course intended to follow
• Korean: 의향 (uihyang) — course intended to follow
• Central Kurdish: مەبەس (mebes) — course intended to follow
• Central Kurdish: نِیاز (niyaz) — course intended to follow
• Northern Kurdish: niyet — course intended to follow
• Kyrgyz: ниет (niyet) — course intended to follow
• Ladino: entision — course intended to follow
• Ladino: intision — course intended to follow
• Latvian: nodoms — course intended to follow
• Lithuanian: ketinimas — course intended to follow
• Macedonian: намера (namera) — course intended to follow
• Magahi: 𑂧𑂁𑂬𑂰 (mansā) — course intended to follow
• Malay: niat — course intended to follow
• Maltese: intenzjoni — course intended to follow
• Māori: koronga — course intended to follow
• Mongolian: зорилт (zorilt) — course intended to follow
• Norwegian Bokmål: intensjon — course intended to follow
• Norwegian Nynorsk: intensjon — course intended to follow
• Pashto: قصد (qasd) — course intended to follow
• Pashto: اراده (erāda) — course intended to follow
• Iranian Persian: قَصْد (ġasd) — course intended to follow
• Iranian Persian: مَنْظور (manzur) — course intended to follow
• Iranian Persian: اِرادِه (erâde) — course intended to follow
• Iranian Persian: نِیَّت (niyyat) — course intended to follow
• Iranian Persian: مَقْصَد (maġsad) — course intended to follow
• Plautdietsch: Wellen — course intended to follow
• Plautdietsch: Väanämen — course intended to follow
• Polish: intencja — course intended to follow
• Polish: zamiar — course intended to follow
• Portuguese: intenção — course intended to follow
• Portuguese: intuito — course intended to follow
• Romanian: intenție — course intended to follow
• Russian: наме́рение (namérenije) — course intended to follow
• Russian: за́мысел (zámysel) — course intended to follow
• Russian: инте́нция (intɛ́ncija) — course intended to follow
• Sanskrit: अभिप्राय (abhiprāya) — course intended to follow
• Sanskrit: उद्देश्य (uddeśya) — course intended to follow
• Scottish Gaelic: rùn — course intended to follow
• Scottish Gaelic: dùil — course intended to follow
• Serbo-Croatian: на̑мера — course intended to follow
• Serbo-Croatian: на̑мјера — course intended to follow
• Serbo-Croatian: nȃmera — course intended to follow
• Serbo-Croatian: nȃmjera — course intended to follow
• Slovak: úmysel — course intended to follow
• Slovak: zámer — course intended to follow
• Slovene: namen — course intended to follow
• Spanish: intención — course intended to follow
• Swahili: nia — course intended to follow
• Swahili: azma — course intended to follow
• Swahili: gharadhi — course intended to follow
• Swedish: avsikt — course intended to follow
• Swedish: syfte — course intended to follow
• Tajik: қасд (qasd) — course intended to follow
• Tajik: ният (niyat) — course intended to follow
• Tajik: ирода (iroda) — course intended to follow
• Tajik: мақсад (maqsad) — course intended to follow
• Tajik: манзур (manzur) — course intended to follow
• Tamil: எண்ணம் (eṇṇam) — course intended to follow
• Tatar: ният (niyät) — course intended to follow
• Thai: ความตั้งใจ (kwaam-dtâng-jai) — course intended to follow
• Turkish: niyet — course intended to follow
• Turkish: kasıt — course intended to follow
• Turkmen: niýet — course intended to follow
• Ukrainian: на́мір (námir) — course intended to follow
• Urdu: اِرادَہ (irāda) — course intended to follow
• Urdu: نِیَّت (niyyat) — course intended to follow
• Urdu: قَصْد (qasd) — course intended to follow
• Uyghur: نىيەت (niyet) — course intended to follow
• Uzbek: niyat — course intended to follow
• Uzbek: qasd — course intended to follow
• Uzbek: iroda — course intended to follow
• Vietnamese: ý định — course intended to follow
• Yiddish: כּוונה (kavone) — course intended to follow
• Bashkir: ниәт (niət) — the goal or purpose
• Bengali: উদ্দেশ্য (uddeśśo) — the goal or purpose
• Bulgarian: цел (cel) — the goal or purpose
• Czech: účel — the goal or purpose
• Dutch: bedoeling — the goal or purpose
• Esperanto: celo — the goal or purpose
• Esperanto: intenco — the goal or purpose
• Hindi: उद्देश्य (uddeśya) — the goal or purpose
• Hindi: प्रयोजन (prayojan) — the goal or purpose
• Hindi: लक्ष्य (lakṣya) — the goal or purpose
• Hungarian: cél — the goal or purpose
• Italian: intento — the goal or purpose
• Norwegian Bokmål: intensjon — the goal or purpose
• Norwegian Nynorsk: intensjon — the goal or purpose
• Spanish: intención — the goal or purpose
• Thai: ความตั้งใจ (kwaam-dtâng-jai) — the goal or purpose
• Thai: เจตนา (jèet-dtà-naa) — the goal or purpose
• Thai: ความจํานง (kwaam-jam-nong) — the goal or purpose
• Ottoman Turkish: مقصد (maksad) — the goal or purpose
• Ottoman Turkish: هدف (hedef) — the goal or purpose
• Ottoman Turkish: غایه (gaye) — the goal or purpose
• Urdu: نِیَّت (niyyat) — the goal or purpose
• Yiddish: כּוונה (kavone) — the goal or purpose
• Yiddish: ציל (tsil) — the goal or purpose
• Yiddish: כּיוון (kivn) — the goal or purpose
• Ladino: entision — fixedness of attention
• Ladino: kavana — fixedness of attention