That wasn't my intention.
Source: tatoeba (1402)
Intention
//ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩//
Synonyms for "intention" (148 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (74)
lineuplodestarlong-range planlustmainspringmappingmaster planmattermeaningmethodmethodologymindmotiveobjectobjectiveoperations researchorganizationpassionpictureplan
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planningplanning functionpleasurepointprearrangementprincipleprocedureprogramprogram of actionprojectproposalprospectprospectusrationalizationreasonresolutionresolvesakescheduleschemaschematismschematizationschemescheme of arrangementscoresetupsexual desiresourcespiritspringstrategic planstrategystrivingstudysystemsystematizationtactical plantacticstargetthe big picturethe picturethoughtulterior motivevelleityviewvocationvolitionwaywillwill powerwishworking plan
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13 entriesTranslations
149 translations across 76 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- qëllim noun (course intended to follow)
- synim noun (course intended to follow)
Arabic
4 entries- إِرَادَة noun (course intended to follow)
- قصد noun (course intended to follow)
- قَصْد noun (course intended to follow)
- قَصْد noun (course intended to follow)
Armenian
2 entries- միտում noun (course intended to follow)
- մտադրություն noun (course intended to follow)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- niyyət noun (course intended to follow)
Bashkir
2 entries- ниәт noun (course intended to follow)
- ниәт noun (the goal or purpose)
Basque
1 entries- asmo noun (course intended to follow)
Belarusian
2 entries- заме́р noun (course intended to follow)
- наме́р noun (course intended to follow)
Bengali
4 entries- ইরাদা noun (course intended to follow)
- উদ্দেশ্য noun (course intended to follow)
- উদ্দেশ্য noun (the goal or purpose)
- নিয়ত noun (course intended to follow)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- इरादा noun (course intended to follow)
Bulgarian
2 entries- намере́ние noun (course intended to follow)
- цел noun (the goal or purpose)
Burmese
1 entries- အကြံ noun (course intended to follow)
Catalan
1 entries- intenció noun (course intended to follow)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- مەبەس noun (course intended to follow)
- نِیاز noun (course intended to follow)
Chechen
1 entries- ойла noun (course intended to follow)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 意向 noun (course intended to follow)
- 意圖 /意图 noun (course intended to follow)
Czech
3 entries- záměr noun (course intended to follow)
- úmysl noun (course intended to follow)
- účel noun (the goal or purpose)
Danish
1 entries- hensigt noun (course intended to follow)
Dutch
4 entries- bedoeling noun (the goal or purpose)
- intentie noun (course intended to follow)
- oogmerk noun (course intended to follow)
- opzet noun (course intended to follow)
Esperanto
3 entries- celo noun (the goal or purpose)
- intenco noun (course intended to follow)
- intenco noun (the goal or purpose)
Estonian
1 entries- kavatsus noun (course intended to follow)
Faroese
3 entries- ætlan noun (course intended to follow)
- ætling noun (course intended to follow)
- ættingur noun (course intended to follow)
Finnish
1 entries- aie noun (course intended to follow)
French
1 entries- intention noun (course intended to follow)
Georgian
1 entries- განზრახვა noun (course intended to follow)
German
1 entries- Absicht noun (course intended to follow)
Greek
1 entries- πρόθεση noun (course intended to follow)
Hebrew
1 entries- כַּווָּנָה noun (course intended to follow)
Hindi
4 entries- अभिप्राय noun (course intended to follow)
- इच्छा noun (course intended to follow)
- इरादा noun (course intended to follow)
- उद्देश्य noun (course intended to follow)
Hungarian
2 entries- cél noun (the goal or purpose)
- szándék noun (course intended to follow)
Icelandic
1 entries- ætlun noun (course intended to follow)
Indonesian
1 entries- niat noun (course intended to follow)
Italian
2 entries- intento noun (the goal or purpose)
- intenzione noun (course intended to follow)
Japanese
2 entries- 意向 noun (course intended to follow)
- 意図 noun (course intended to follow)
Kazakh
2 entries- діт noun (course intended to follow)
- ниет noun (course intended to follow)
Khmer
1 entries- ចេតនា noun (course intended to follow)
Korean
2 entries- 의도 noun (course intended to follow)
- 의향 noun (course intended to follow)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ниет noun (course intended to follow)
Ladino
4 entries- entision noun (course intended to follow)
- entision noun (fixedness of attention)
- intision noun (course intended to follow)
- kavana noun (fixedness of attention)
Latvian
1 entries- nodoms noun (course intended to follow)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ketinimas noun (course intended to follow)
Macedonian
1 entries- намера noun (course intended to follow)
Magahi
1 entries- 𑂧𑂁𑂬𑂰 noun (course intended to follow)
Malay
1 entries- niat noun (course intended to follow)
Mongolian
1 entries- зорилт noun (course intended to follow)
Māori
1 entries- koronga noun (course intended to follow)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- niyet noun (course intended to follow)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- intensjon noun (course intended to follow)
- intensjon noun (the goal or purpose)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- intensjon noun (course intended to follow)
- intensjon noun (the goal or purpose)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- غایه noun (the goal or purpose)
- مقصد noun (the goal or purpose)
- هدف noun (the goal or purpose)
Pashto
2 entries- اراده noun (course intended to follow)
- قصد noun (course intended to follow)
Persian
4 entries- اِرادِه noun (course intended to follow)
- قَصْد noun (course intended to follow)
- مَنْظور noun (course intended to follow)
- نِیَّت noun (course intended to follow)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Väanämen noun (course intended to follow)
- Wellen noun (course intended to follow)
Polish
2 entries- intencja noun (course intended to follow)
- zamiar noun (course intended to follow)
Portuguese
2 entries- intenção noun (course intended to follow)
- intuito noun (course intended to follow)
Romanian
1 entries- intenție noun (course intended to follow)
Russian
2 entries- за́мысел noun (course intended to follow)
- наме́рение noun (course intended to follow)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अभिप्राय noun (course intended to follow)
- उद्देश्य noun (course intended to follow)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- dùil noun (course intended to follow)
- rùn noun (course intended to follow)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nȃmera noun (course intended to follow)
- nȃmjera noun (course intended to follow)
- на̑мера noun (course intended to follow)
- на̑мјера noun (course intended to follow)
Slovak
2 entries- zámer noun (course intended to follow)
- úmysel noun (course intended to follow)
Slovene
1 entries- namen noun (course intended to follow)
Spanish
2 entries- intención noun (course intended to follow)
- intención noun (the goal or purpose)
Swahili
3 entries- azma noun (course intended to follow)
- gharadhi noun (course intended to follow)
- nia noun (course intended to follow)
Swedish
2 entries- avsikt noun (course intended to follow)
- syfte noun (course intended to follow)
Tajik
2 entries- ният noun (course intended to follow)
- қасд noun (course intended to follow)
Tamil
1 entries- எண்ணம் noun (course intended to follow)
Tatar
1 entries- ният noun (course intended to follow)
Thai
4 entries- ความจำนง noun (the goal or purpose)
- ความตั้งใจ noun (course intended to follow)
- ความตั้งใจ noun (the goal or purpose)
- เจตนา noun (the goal or purpose)
Turkish
1 entries- niyet noun (course intended to follow)
Turkmen
1 entries- niýet noun (course intended to follow)
Ukrainian
1 entries- на́мір noun (course intended to follow)
Urdu
4 entries- اِرادَہ noun (course intended to follow)
- قَصْد noun (course intended to follow)
- نِیَّت noun (course intended to follow)
- نِیَّت noun (the goal or purpose)
Uyghur
1 entries- نىيەت noun (course intended to follow)
Uzbek
1 entries- niyat noun (course intended to follow)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ý định noun (course intended to follow)
Yiddish
4 entries- כּוונה noun (course intended to follow)
- כּוונה noun (the goal or purpose)
- כּיוון noun (the goal or purpose)
- ציל noun (the goal or purpose)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
If you see a man approaching you with the obvious intention of doing you good, you should run for your life.
Source: tatoeba (2342)
I have no intention of fishing in troubled waters.
Source: tatoeba (19373)
It is not my intention to return.
Source: tatoeba (20435)
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