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Definitions

intendment

[in-tend-muhnt] / ɪnˈtɛnd mənt /

NOUN

design

Synonyms

STRONGEST

picture plan project recipe scheme setup story

STRONG

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

Antonyms

STRONG

idleness inactivity

NOUN

import

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STRONGEST

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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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

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambition aspiration desire determination direction function goal idea intent objective plan principle project reason scheme scope view wish

STRONG

animus bourn calculation design destination dream drift end expectation hope mecca mission object point premeditation proposal proposition prospect resolve will

WEAK

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

STRONG

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

WEAK

bottom line denotatiton meat and potatoes name of the game nature of the beast nuts and bolts punch line rhyme or reason significancy

Antonyms

STRONG

disadvantage exterior exteriority insignificance meaninglessness outside surface

NOUN

rationalness

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STRONG

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

Antonyms

STRONG

disadvantage exterior exteriority insignificance meaninglessness outside surface

NOUN

sense

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

Antonyms

STRONG

exterior exteriority outside

WEAK

insignificance meaninglessness triviality unimportance

NOUN

understanding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance

STRONG

insignificance

WEAK

disagreement disbelief misinterpretation mistake misunderstanding

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Othello by Shakespeare, William

I think not, for the following reasons: The statute does not by any words of legal intendment say so.

From Minnesota and Dacotah by Andrews, C. C. (Christopher Columbus)

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

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

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

intendment

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