intentional

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11
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15
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/
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/ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/ · [ɪnˈtʰɛnʃənɫ̩] · /ɪnˈtenʃənəl/ · [ɪnˈtʰenʃənɫ̩]

Definition of intentional

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.
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adj

  1. Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.
  2. Reflecting intention; marking an expenditure of will in the shape of a matter.
    “It should, however, be borne in mind that even in the cohortative proper, the -ah does not add to the simple imperfect the ‘intentional’ signification expressed by that mood: the signification is already there, and the new termination merely renders it more prominent.”
  3. Done with intent.
  4. (obsolete)Object to intention, only appearing due to wilful perception.

noun

  1. (archaic)Something that has no essential underlying structure but apparition only as defined by perception; object only because consciousness is directed to it.
  2. 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.

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Etymology

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

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