Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Done deliberately; intended: synonym: voluntary.
- adjective Having to do with intention.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Done with intention, design, or purpose; intended; designed.
- In metaphysics, pertaining to an appearance, phenomenon, or representation in the mind; phenomenal; representational; apparent.
- noun In metaphysics, an appearance having no substantial existence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Done by intention or design; intended; designed. Opposite of
unintentional orunintended .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Intended orplanned ; donedeliberately orvoluntarily . - adjective law Done with
intent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by conscious design or purpose
- adjective done or made or performed with purpose and intent
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The point of intentional communities is that they are * intentional*.
Autism Hub 2009
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Was the Dr. Seuss reference in the title intentional?
Reason for Not Eating Out #28: Oh, the Places You’ll Go 2009
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The lawsuit is particularly harsh on Kiffin for what it calls intentional actions.
Titans-USC Lawsuit: Tennessee SUES Southern Cal For Poaching Assistant 2010
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I'm personally offended both by the error on the Times website and by your association of me with what you call the intentional slander of US marines.
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I'm personally offended both by the error on the Times website and by your association of me with what you call the intentional slander of US marines.
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The lawsuit is particularly harsh on Kiffin for what it calls intentional actions.
Brownsville Herald : 2010
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The lawsuit is particularly harsh on Kiffin for what it calls intentional actions.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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The lawsuit is particularly harsh on Kiffin for what it calls intentional actions.
Brownsville Herald : 2010
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The lawsuit is particularly harsh on Kiffin for what it calls intentional actions.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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How active and intentional is the misuse of this system for exclusionary reasons?
Special Guest Post: Zetta Elliott on the Myth of Meritocracy 2010
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