intentional
Syllables: in·tent·ion·al/ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩(ə)l/US/ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nəl/
intentional adjective: intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.
Adjective
intentional (comparative more intentional, superlative most intentional)
- Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.
- Synonyms:
- deliberate
- 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.1892, Samuel Rolles Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew, Third, Revised And Improved edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 79
- When Kafka’s novels are analyzed with the autistic frame of reference in mind the behavior of his protagonists make more sense and will reveal that Kafka’s protagonists focus on external behavioral cues which are guided by Kafka’s education and mindset of a lawyer. As such Kafka’s protagonists are...2017 May 16, Jerry Stuger, “Kafka and Autism. The Undisclosed Logic Behind Kafka’s Work”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, volume 47, →DOI, pages 2336–2347
- Done with intent.
- Object to intentionality, only appearing due to wilful perception.
- Directed toward or about a foci of attentional consciousness; possessing the property of being a consciousness of something.
- It is of the very nature of consciousness to be intentional and a consciousness that would cease to be consciousness of something would for that very reason cease to exist.1948, Jean-Paul Sartre, The Psychology of Imagination, page 265
Noun
intentional (plural intentionals)
- Something that has no essential underlying structure but apparition only as defined by perception; object only because consciousness is directed to it.
- 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.
- Tariana distinguishes interrogative and imperative moods. Interrogative mood is marked through a separate set of evidentials fused with tense (see §14.2). Imperatives are discussed in §16.1. Modalities include: frustrative (§16.2), intentional (§16.3), apprehensive (§16.4), uncertainty (§16.5)...2003, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, “16 - Mood and modality”, in A Grammar of Tariana, from Northwest Amazonia, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 371, 383
intentional meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
intentional in Tamil
- வேண்டுமென்றே செய்கின்ற
intentional in Urdu
- دانستہ, ارادی, جانا بوجھا, قصدی
intentional in Bengali
- ইচ্ছাকৃত, উদ্দেশ্যমূলক
intentional in Telugu
- ఉద్దేశపూర్వక
More languagesFewer languages
- intentional in Malayalam
- മനഃപൂർവ്വം manaḥpūṟvvaṁ
- intentional in Kannada
- ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕ uddēśapūrvaka
- intentional in Tagalog
- sadya, intensiyonal
- intentional in Arabic
- عَمْدِيّ ʕamdiyy, إرَادِيّ ʔirādiyy
- intentional in Persian
- عمدی 'amdi
Examples of intentional in a sentence
- Jones was given an intentional walk in order to face Smith.
- Jones was issued an intentional pass in order to face Smith.
- Although most hyperforeignisms are accidental, there are some intentional ones, such as Target being humorously called "Tarjay."
Synonyms of intentional
- deliberate
- purposeful
- purposive
- about
- concerned with
- oriented
- advertent
- conscious
- witting
- on purpose
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Antonyms
Forms of intentional
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more intentional |
| superlative | most intentional |
| Noun | |
| plural | intentionals |
Origin of intentional
Borrowed from Medieval Latin intentiōnālis, from intentiō + -ālis. By surface analysis, intention + -al.
Words formed from intentional
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Words that rhyme with intentional
Questions about intentional
- What does intentional mean?
- Intentional means intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.
- What is intentional in Tamil?
- Intentional in Tamil is வேண்டுமென்றே செய்கின்ற. See Intentional meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is intentional?
- Intentional can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce intentional?
- Intentional is pronounced /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩(ə)l/ (UK).
Words near intentional in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intentional (page history and authors); intentional (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intentional (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Intentional (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intentional (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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