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intention
English
Alternative forms
- entention (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French intention, entention, from Old French entencion, from Latin intentio, intentionem. Compare intent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?t?n??n/
- Hyphenation: in?ten?tion
- Rhymes: -?n??n
- Homophone: intension
Noun
intention (countable and uncountable, plural intentions)
- The goal or purpose behind a specific action or set of actions.
- a. 1784, attributed to Samuel Johnson
- Hell is paved with good intentions.
- “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
- a. 1784, attributed to Samuel Johnson
- (obsolete) Tension; straining, stretching.
- , I.iii.3:
- cold in those inner parts, cold belly, and hot liver, causeth crudity, and intention proceeds from perturbations […].
- , I.iii.3:
- A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object or a purpose (an intent); closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
- it is attention : when the mind with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea, considers it on all sides, and will not be called off by the ordinary solicitation of other ideas, it is that we call intention or study
- (obsolete) The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
- 1732, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Ailments …, Prop. II, p.159:
- In a Word, the most part of chronical Distempers proceed from Laxity of Fibres; in which Case the principal Intention is to restore the Tone of the solid Parts; […].
- 1732, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Ailments …, Prop. II, p.159:
- (obsolete) Any mental apprehension of an object.
- (medicine) The process of the healing of a wound.
- 2007, Carie Ann Braun, Cindy Miller Anderson, Pathophysiology: Functional Alterations in Human Health, p.49:
- When healing occurs by primary intention, the wound is basically closed with all areas of the wound connecting and healing simultaneously.
- 2007, Carie Ann Braun, Cindy Miller Anderson, Pathophysiology: Functional Alterations in Human Health, p.49:
Synonyms
- (purpose behind a specific action): See also Thesaurus:intention
Derived terms
- counter-intention
- intentional
- secondary intention
- the road to hell is paved with good intentions
- well-intentioned
Related terms
- intend
- intent
- well-intended
Translations
Verb
intention (third-person singular simple present intentions, present participle intentioning, simple past and past participle intentioned)
- Intend
Translations
References
- intention at OneLook Dictionary Search
- intention in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Finnish
Noun
intention
- Genitive singular form of intentio.
French
Etymology
From Middle French entention, from Old French entencion, borrowed from Latin intenti?, intenti?nem. Respelled intention in Middle French to more closely match the Classical Latin form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.t??.sj??/
Noun
intention f (plural intentions)
- intention
Derived terms
Further reading
- “intention” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Noun
intention f (plural intentions)
- Alternative form of entention
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basis
English
Etymology
From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek ????? (básis), from Proto-Indo-European *g?émtis, derived from Proto-Indo-European *g?em- (English come). Doublet of base.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: b??s?s, IPA(key): /?be?s?s/,
- Rhymes: -e?s?s
Noun
basis (plural bases or (rare) baseis or (nonstandard) basises)
- A physical base or foundation.
- 1695, William Congreve, To the King, on the taking of Namur, 1810, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers (biographies), The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10, page 271,
- Beholding rocks from their firm basis rent;
Mountain on mountain thrown,
With threatening hurl, that shook th' aerial firmament!
- Beholding rocks from their firm basis rent;
- 1695, William Congreve, To the King, on the taking of Namur, 1810, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers (biographies), The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10, page 271,
- A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- I wonder if the South Korean side has any basis that its smog is from China.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- An underlying condition or circumstance.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban (in The Guardian, 6 September 2013)[1]
- Hodgson may now have to bring in James Milner on the left and, on that basis, a certain amount of gloss was taken off a night on which Welbeck scored twice but barely celebrated either before leaving the pitch angrily complaining to the Slovakian referee.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban (in The Guardian, 6 September 2013)[1]
- A regular frequency.
- You should brush your teeth on a daily basis at minimum.
- The flights to Fiji leave on a weekly basis.
- Cars must be checked on a yearly basis.
- (agriculture, trading) The difference between the cash price a dealer pays to a farmer for his produce and an agreed reference price, which is usually the futures price at which the given crop is trading at a commodity exchange.
- (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
- (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
- (topology) A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element.
Synonyms
- (starting point for discussion): base
Derived terms
Translations
References
Anagrams
- absis, bassi, isbas
Catalan
Verb
basis
- second-person singular present subjunctive form of basar
Danish
Noun
basis
- (linear algebra) basis
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek ????? (básis). Doublet of base. Also a distant doublet of komst, via Proto-Indo-European *g???tis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ba?.z?s/, /?ba?.z?s/
- Hyphenation: ba?sis
Noun
basis f (plural basissen or bases, diminutive basisje n)
- basis (principle, foundation, that which is elementary)
- base (lower portion, foundation)
- Obsolete form of base (“base, alkali”).
Derived terms
- basisarts
- basisbeurs
- basisdemocratie
- basisinkomen
- basisonderwijs
- basisschool
- machtsbasis
- thuisbasis
Related terms
- basaal
- base
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: basis
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?sis/, [?b?s?is?]
- Rhymes: -?sis
- Syllabification: ba?sis
Noun
basis
- basis, base
Declension
Anagrams
- bassi
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch basis, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek ????? (básis). Doublet of basa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?bas?s]
- Hyphenation: ba?sis
Noun
basis
- basis, base
- basis,
- (mathematics) in a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
- base,
- (geometry) the lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- (military) permanent structure for housing military; headquarter.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “basis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (básis, “foundation, base”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ba.sis/, [?bäs??s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ba.sis/, [?b??s?is]
Noun
basis f (genitive basis); third declension
- A pedestal, foot, base; basis, foundation.
- (architecture) The lowest part of the shaft of a column.
- (grammar) The primitive word, root.
- (of cattle) A track, footprint.
Declension
Note that there are the alternative forms base?s for the genitive singular, base? for the ablative singular, basin for accusative singular, and baseis for the accusative plural.Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -?).
Synonyms
- (basis, foundation): r?d?x
- (pedestal, base): crep?d?
- (track, footprint): vest?gium
Derived terms
- basella
- basicula
- basil?ris
Related terms
- antibasis
Descendants
- English: base, basis
- French: base
- German: Basis f
- Italian: base
- Russian: ????? f (báza), ?????? m (bázis)
- Spanish: base
- Swedish: bas
References
- basis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- basis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- basis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (básis)
Noun
basis m (definite singular basisen, indefinite plural basiser, definite plural basisene)
- basis
- base
Derived terms
- basisår
- verdensbasis
References
- “basis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (básis)
Noun
basis m (definite singular basisen, indefinite plural basisar, definite plural basisane)
- basis
- base
Derived terms
- basisår
References
- “basis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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