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intendment

[in-tend-muhnt] / ɪnˈtɛnd mənt /
NOUN
design
Synonyms
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picture plan project recipe scheme setup story
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action aim angle animus brainchild child conspiracy deliberation end enterprise gimmick goal intrigue machination meaning notion object objective pitch play plot point proposition purport purpose reflection scenario scene schema target thinking thought trick undertaking view volition will
WEAK
big picture conation game plan lay of the land what's cooking
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STRONG
idleness inactivity
NOUN
import
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construction
STRONG
acceptation bearing drift gist heart implication intention interpretation meat message point purport score sense significance signification stuff thrust understanding
WEAK
bottom line name of the game nature of beast nuts and bolts punch line significancy
Antonyms
STRONG
exterior exteriority outside
WEAK
insignificance
NOUN
intent/intention
Synonyms
WEAK
acceptation animus bottom line conation design desire drift end goal heart hope idea import meaning meat name of the game nature notion nub nuts and bolts object objective plan point project purport scheme score sense significance significancy signification target understanding volition will wish
NOUN
message
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sense theme
STRONG
acceptation import moral point purport significance signification understanding
WEAK
significancy
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insignificance
NOUN
purport
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STRONG
acceptation aim bearing burden connotation core design drift gist heart idea import intent intention matter meat message nub object objective pith plan point purpose score sense significance signification spirit stuff substance tendency tenor thrust understanding upshot
WEAK
significancy
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exterior exteriority insignificance meaninglessness outside surface
NOUN
purpose
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ambition aspiration desire determination direction function goal idea intent objective plan principle project reason scheme scope view wish
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animus bourn calculation design destination dream drift end expectation hope mecca mission object point premeditation proposal proposition prospect resolve will
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big idea ulterior motive whatfor where one's headed whole idea why and wherefore whyfor
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dislike hate hatred
STRONG
beginning start
NOUN
rationality
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logic
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acceptation advantage burden core definition drift gist good heart implication import interpretation matter meat message nitty-gritty nuance nub purport purpose rationale rationalness reason short significance signification stuff substance thrust understanding upshot value worth
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bottom line denotatiton meat and potatoes name of the game nature of the beast nuts and bolts punch line rhyme or reason significancy
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STRONG
disadvantage exterior exteriority insignificance meaninglessness outside surface
NOUN
rationalness
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acceptation advantage burden core definition drift gist good heart implication import interpretation logic matter meat message nitty-gritty nuance nub purport purpose rationale rationality reason short significance signification stuff substance thrust understanding upshot value worth
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bottom line denotatiton meat and potatoes name of the game nature of the beast nuts and bolts punch line rhyme or reason significancy
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STRONG
disadvantage exterior exteriority insignificance meaninglessness outside surface
NOUN
sense
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logic matter message significance understanding value
STRONG
acceptation advantage burden core definition drift gist good heart implication import interpretation meat nitty-gritty nuance nub purport purpose reason short signification stuff substance thrust upshot use worth
WEAK
bottom line denotatiton meat and potatoes name of the game nature of the beast nuts and bolts punch line significancy
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insignificance meaninglessness
STRONG
disadvantage exterior exteriority outside surface
NOUN
significance
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connotation implication sense understanding
STRONG
acceptation drift force heart import kicker meat message nitty-gritty nub point purport score signification stuff
WEAK
bottom line name of the game nature of the beast nuts and bolts punch line significancy
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STRONG
exterior exteriority outside
WEAK
insignificance meaninglessness triviality unimportance
NOUN
understanding
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conclusion idea impression interpretation judgment knowledge meaning opinion perception sense sympathy view
STRONG
acceptation conception estimation import inkling message notion purport significance signification viewpoint
WEAK
significancy
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ignorance
STRONG
insignificance
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disagreement disbelief misinterpretation mistake misunderstanding

Example Sentences

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Other differences cropped up as to the phraseology of the Wilson Resolution and its legal intendment.

From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace

The law must govern in its natural and plain intendment, and will not be frittered away by extraneous interpretation.

From History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, by the House of Representatives, and his trial by the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, 1868 by Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson)

Hath he discover'd my intendment, That he presages his ensuing death?

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew

For their lives, neither could have translated its deep intendment.

From The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee by Duer, Douglas

In the technical language of English law the fee-simple of the glebe is said to be in abeyance, that is, it exists “only in the remembrance, expectation and intendment of the law.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various