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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
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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
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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
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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
WEAK
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
Antonyms
STRONGEST
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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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

A corporation aggregate of many is invisible, immortal, and rests only in intendment and consideration of the law.

From Notes and Queries, Number 236, May 6, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

But Jacob denied that he came to their house with any such intendment, nor did it appear so to the Court.

From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick

Our terrestrial organisations are but far-off approaches to so fair a model; and all they are verily traitors who resist not any attempt to divert them from this their original intendment.

From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph

I: and said nothing but what I protest intendment of doing Iago.

From Othello by Shakespeare, William