English Explanatory Dictionary

intentional

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.
  2. Reflecting intention; marking an expenditure of will in the shape of a matter.
  3. Done with intent.
  4. Object to intention, only appearing due to wilful perception.
noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/ [ɪnˈtʰɛnʃənɫ̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intentional.wav /ɪnˈtenʃənəl/ [ɪnˈtʰenʃənɫ̩]

Word forms

intentional more intentional most intentional intentionals

Etymology

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

Synonyms

purposeful purposive advertent conscious witting intentional on purpose volitational volitional voluntary wilful deliberate

Antonyms

unintentional accidental unwitting

Derived words

intentional community intentional fallacy intentional grounding intentionalism intentionalist intentionalistic intentionality intentionally intentional pass intentional species intentional walk nonintentional preterintentional
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