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intentional

adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ɪnˈthɛnʃənɫ̩]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ɪnˈtenʃənəl/
  • Australian: [ɪnˈthenʃənɫ̩]
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T EH1 N SH AH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Reflecting intention; marking an expenditure of will in the shape of a matter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Done with intent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Object to intention, only appearing due to wilful perception.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Something that has no essential underlying structure but apparition only as defined by perception; object only because consciousness is directed to it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

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6

noun

Meaning 6

The cohortative mood as found in Hebrew (terminology borrowed from Julius Friedrich Böttcher † 1863 and now outmoded), and constructions of similar purpose in even more exotic languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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7

adjective

Meaning 7

done or made or performed with purpose and intent- Havelock Ellis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation
  • games designed for all ages
  • well-designed houses

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: designed

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

characterized by conscious design or purpose

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • intentional damage
  • a knowing attempt to defraud
  • a willful waste of time

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: knowing

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intentiōnālis. By surface analysis, intention + -al.

Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَمْدِيّ (ʕamdiyy) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Arabic: إرَادِيّ (ʔirādiyy) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Belarusian: наўмы́сны (nawmýsny) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Bulgarian: преднаме́рен (prednaméren) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Bulgarian: уми́шлен (umíšlen) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Catalan: intencionat — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Chinese: 刁工 (zh-min-nan) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Chinese Mandarin: 故意 (gùyì) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蓄意 (xùyì) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有意 (yǒuyì) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Chinese Mandarin: 刻意 (kèyì) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Chinese Mandarin: 存心 (cúnxīn) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Czech: záměrný — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Czech: úmyslný — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Dutch: opzettelijk — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Esperanto: intenca — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Finnish: tahallinen — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Finnish: tarkoituksellinen — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Finnish: aikomuksellinen — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • French: volontaire — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • French: intentionnel — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Georgian: წინასწარგანზრახული (c̣inasc̣arganzraxuli) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Georgian: დაგეგმილი (dagegmili) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Georgian: გამიზნული (gamiznuli) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Georgian: განზრახი (ganzraxi) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • German: absichtlich — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • German: vorsätzlich — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Hebrew: בְּכַוָּנָה (b'khavaná) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Hebrew: מכוון (mekhuvan) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Hungarian: szándékos — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Icelandic: viljandi — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Japanese: 故意の (koi no) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Japanese: 意図的な (itoteki na) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Korean: 고의적인 (gouijeogin) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Latin: meditātus — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Latin: ultrōneus — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Macedonian: намерен (nameren) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Malayalam: മനഃപൂർവ്വം (manaḥpūṟvvaṁ) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Māori: āta — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Māori: mārie — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Māori: mārire — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Persian: عمدی ('amdi) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Polish: zamierzony — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Polish: umyślny — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Polish: celowy — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Polish: intencjonalny — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Portuguese: intencional — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Romanian: intenționat — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Russian: преднаме́ренный (prednamérennyj) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Russian: умы́шленный (umýšlennyj) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Russian: наме́ренный (namérennyj) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Serbo-Croatian: намеран — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Serbo-Croatian: намјеран — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Serbo-Croatian: nameran — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Serbo-Croatian: namjeran — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Slovak: zámerný — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Slovak: úmyselný — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Slovene: nameren — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Spanish: intencional — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Swedish: avsiktlig — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Swedish: uppsåtlig — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Tagalog: sadya — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Tagalog: intensiyonal — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Turkish: kasıtlı — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Turkish: istemli — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Turkish: kasti — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Ukrainian: навми́сний (navmýsnyj) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Ukrainian: уми́сний (umýsnyj) — intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily
  • Arabic: عَمْدِيّ (ʕamdiyy) — done with intent
  • Arabic: إرَادِيّ (ʔirādiyy) — done with intent
  • Bulgarian: умишлен (umišlen) — done with intent
  • Catalan: intencionat — done with intent
  • Dutch: met voorbedachte rade — done with intent
  • Georgian: განზრახი (ganzraxi) — done with intent
  • Georgian: განზრახული (ganzraxuli) — done with intent
  • Georgian: გამიზნული (gamiznuli) — done with intent
  • German: vorsätzlich — done with intent
  • Hungarian: szándékos — done with intent
  • Persian: عمدی ('amdi) — done with intent
  • Portuguese: intencional — done with intent
  • Russian: преднаме́ренный (prednamérennyj) — done with intent
  • Swedish: med uppsåt — done with intent
  • Turkish: kasıtlı — done with intent
  • Turkish: istemli — done with intent
  • Turkish: kasti — done with intent
Real reading context

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