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intention

/ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/ verb C2
  1. To intend.

He/she/it intentions · Past intentioned · Past participle intentioned · -ing form intentioning

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Verb forms

Base form
intention
He/she/it
intentions
Past
intentioned
Past participle
intentioned
-ing form
intentioning

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He had evidently come with the intention of consulting with Sherlock Holmes, for on perceiving his colleague he appeared to be embarrassed and put out.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 66 · B2
Is it really your intention to make me captain of the Pharaon?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 10 · C1
Morrel, who had himself assured him of his intention to dine at La Réserve.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 21 · C1
Dantès was about to speak; but feeling himself urged forward, and having neither the power nor the intention to resist, he mounted the steps, and was in an instant seated inside between two gendarmes; the two others took their places opposite, and the carriage rolled heavily over the stones.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 71 · C1

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