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in·ten·tion·al

 (ĭn-tĕn′shə-nəl)
adj.
1. Done deliberately; intended: an intentional slight. See Synonyms at voluntary.
2. Having to do with intention.

in·ten′tion·al·ly adv.
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intentional

(ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl)
adj
1. performed by or expressing intention; deliberate
2. of or relating to intention or purpose
3. (Philosophy) philosophy
a. of or relating to the capacity of the mind to refer to different kinds of objects
b. (of an object) existing only as the object of some mental attitude rather than in reality, as a unicorn in she hopes to meet a unicorn. See also intensional
inˌtentionˈality n
inˈtentionally adv
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in•ten•tion•al

(ɪnˈtɛn ʃə nl)

adj.
1. done with intention or on purpose; intended: an intentional insult.
2. of or pertaining to intention or purpose.
3. Philos.
a. pertaining to an appearance, phenomenon, or representation in the mind; phenomenal; representational.
b. pertaining to the capacity of the mind to refer to an existent or nonexistent object.
c. pointing beyond itself, as consciousness or a sign.
[1520–30]
in•ten`tion•al′i•ty, n.
in•ten′tion•al•ly, adv.
syn: See deliberate.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.intentional - characterized by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"
intended - resulting from one's intentions; "your intended trip abroad"; "an intended insult"
2.intentional - done or made or performed with purpose and intent; "style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation"- Havelock Ellis; "games designed for all ages"; "well-designed houses"
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intentional

adjective deliberate, meant, planned, studied, designed, purposed, intended, calculated, wilful, premeditated, prearranged, done on purpose, preconcerted I can't blame him. It wasn't intentional.
accidental, unintentional, unplanned, inadvertent
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intentional

adjective
1. Done or said on purpose:
2. Planned, weighed, or estimated in advance:
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Translations
مَقْصُودٌمَقْصود، مُتَعَمَّد
úmyslnýzáměrný
bevidsttilsigtet
tahallinen
namjeran
vísvitandi, viljandi
意図的な
고의적인
nameren
avsiktlig
เจตนา
kasıtlımaksatlı
có chủ tâm

intentional

[ɪnˈtenʃənl] ADJ [lie, insult] → deliberado; [omission, injury, infliction of pain] → intencionado, deliberado
if I offended you it wasn't intentionalsi te ofendí fue sin querer or no fue a propósito
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intentional

[ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl] adjintentionnel(le)
It was handball but the ref didn't think it was intentional
BUT Il y avait main mais l'arbitre n'a pas jugé que c'était volontaire.Il y avait main mais l'arbitre n'a pas jugé que c'était intentionnel.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

intentional

adjabsichtlich, vorsätzlich (esp Jur); it wasn’t intentionaldas war keine Absicht, es war unabsichtlich
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intentional

[ɪnˈtɛnʃənl] adjintenzionale, deliberato/a
it wasn't intentional → non l'ho (or l'ha ) fatto apposta
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

intend

(inˈtend) verb
1. to mean or plan (to do something or that someone else should do something). Do you still intend to go?; Do you intend them to go?; Do you intend that they should go too?
2. to mean (something) to be understood in a particular way. His remarks were intended to be a compliment.
3. (with for) to direct at. That letter/bullet was intended for me.
inˈtent (-t) adjective
1. (with on) meaning, planning or wanting to do (something). He's intent on going; He's intent on marrying the girl.
2. (with on) concentrating hard on. He was intent on the job he was doing.
noun
purpose; what a person means to do. He broke into the house with intent to steal.
inˈtention (-ʃən) noun
what a person plans or intends to do. He has no intention of leaving; He went to see the boss with the intention of asking for a pay rise; If I have offended you, it was quite without intention; good intentions.
inˈtentional (-ʃənl) adjective
(negative unintentional) done, said etc deliberately and not by accident. I'm sorry I offended you – it wasn't intentional; intentional cruelty.
inˈtentionally adverb
inˈtently adverb
with great concentration. He was watching her intently.
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intentional

مَقْصُودٌ záměrný tilsigtet absichtlich σκόπιμος deliberado tahallinen intentionnel namjeran intenzionale 意図的な 고의적인 opzettelijk bevisst zamierzony intencional намеренный avsiktlig เจตนา kasıtlı có chủ tâm 故意的
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intentional

a. intencional, a propósito.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
References in classic literature ?
For man's everyday needs, it would have been quite enough to have the ordinary human consciousness, that is, half or a quarter of the amount which falls to the lot of a cultivated man of our unhappy nineteenth century, especially one who has the fatal ill-luck to inhabit Petersburg, the most theoretical and intentional town on the whole terrestrial globe.
Whatever good may happen to the steersman when he is a sailor, or to the master of the exercises when he himself makes one at the games, is not intentional, or the object of their power; thus in all political governments which are established to preserve and defend the equality of the citizens it is held right to rule by turns.
Polemarchus and I may have been guilty of a little mistake in the argument, but I can assure you that the error was not intentional. If we were seeking for a piece of gold, you would not imagine that we were `knocking under to one another,' and so losing our chance of finding it.
"Every psychical phenomenon is characterized by what the scholastics of the Middle Ages called the intentional (also the mental) inexistence of an object, and what we, although with not quite unambiguous expressions, would call relation to a content, direction towards an object (which is not here to be understood as a reality), or immanent objectivity.
Four of the five words in the first one were English, and that they were also German was only accidental, not intentional; three out of the five words in the second remark were English, and English only, and the two German ones did not mean anything in particular, in such a connection.
"You really think this is due to some--some intentional interference of Lawrence Lefferts's?" he enquired, turning to Archer.
He staggered as he said this, and then repeated the motion, trying to make it seem as if it had been intentional.
Say you were not guilty of any intentional disrespect toward him--and you will say enough."
At every step he was incited to do some strange, wild, wicked thing or other, with a sense that it would be at once involuntary and intentional, in spite of himself, yet growing out of a profounder self than that which opposed the impulse.
Whether that might be, or mightn't be, is a thing as can't be looked into now, without putting your sister on the Rampage; and that's a thing not to be thought of, as being done intentional. Lookee here, Pip, at what is said to you by a true friend.
What could all this mean but an intentional affront?
The lively song gave a special flavor to the tone of free and easy gaiety with which Zherkov spoke, and to the intentional coldness of Dolokhov's reply.