intention

intention
-ʃən
noun (what a person plans or intends to do: He has no intention of leaving; He went to see the boss with the intention of asking for a pay rise; If I have offended you, it was quite without intention; good intentions.) intención
intention n intención
intention
tr[ɪn'tenʃən]
noun
1 (purpose, aim, plan, determination) intención nombre femenino, propósito
■ I have no intention of staying in this place another day no pienso quedarme aquí otro día más, no tengo intención de quedarme aquí otro día más
■ she had every intention of going tenía la firme intención de asistir
■ he's full of good intentions está lleno de buenas intenciones
■ his intentions are strictly honourable sus intenciones son totalmente honradas
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to do something with the best of intentions hacer algo con buena voluntad
intention [ɪn'tɛnʧən] n
: intención f, propósito m
intention
n.
• designio s.m.
• empresa s.f.
• intención s.f.
• intento s.m.
• propósito s.m.
• significado s.m.
• ánimo s.m.
ɪn'tentʃən, ɪn'tenʃən
noun
a) u c (aim, purpose) intención f, propósito m

I have every intention of going — tengo la firme intención de ir

I have no intention of writing to them — no tengo intenciones de escribirles, no pienso escribirles

b) u (Law) intencionalidad f
[ɪn'tenʃǝn]
N intención f , propósito m

I have no intention of going — no tengo la menor intención de ir

I have every intention of going — tengo plena intención de ir

with the best of intentions — con la mejor intención

what are your intentions? — ¿qué piensas hacer?, ¿qué proyectos tienes?

his intentions toward the girl were strictly honourable — pensaba casarse con la joven

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[ɪn'tentʃən, ɪn'tenʃən]
noun
a) u c (aim, purpose) intención f, propósito m

I have every intention of going — tengo la firme intención de ir

I have no intention of writing to them — no tengo intenciones de escribirles, no pienso escribirles

b) u (Law) intencionalidad f

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  • intention — intention, intent, purpose, design, aim, end, object, objective, goal are comparable when meaning what one proposes to accomplish or to attain by doing or making something, in distinction from what prompts one (the motive), or from the activity… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • Intention — (v. lat.), Absicht, Zweck; daher Intentioniren, beabsichtigen. Intentionalismus, Glaube, daß der Zweck (Intention) die Mittel heilige. Intentionalität, Absichtlichkeit …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Intention — (lat.), Absicht, Vorhaben, Zweck (nicht zu verwechseln mit Intension, s. d.) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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