Commentary: INTENTION[+state][+desire][+formulated][+objective]
NOTE: often occurs in the plural
Examples:
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
These nations have declared their intentions to be nuclear free.
My intention was to go to the grocery store before it closed.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: INTENTION[+state][+desire][+formulated][+objective][+marriage]
NOTE: a specialized narrow usage of Sense 1
Examples:
The playboy's intentions were not sincere.
In their society, a man must state his intentions after three dates with a woman.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: INTENTION[+event][+cognitive][+volitional]
NOTE: refers to an individual act of volition, not an ongoing formulation of a plan (Sense 1)
Examples:
The charge will be murder if they can prove intention.
Is there intention in the motions of an insect?
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: INTENTION[+entity][+symbolic][+meaning][+significance]
Examples:
What is the intention of the second line of this poem which mentions snow and night?
John could make out no clear intention in the rambling paragraphs of the essay.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: INTENTION[+event][+physical][+process][+healing][+wound]
Examples:
The study describes first intention IVF protocol for polycystic ovaries.
When first intention healing of a wound does not occur, it can heal by second intention.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 4