intentional
pronunciation
How to pronounce intentional in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtenʃənl]
How to pronounce intentional in American English:
US [ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl]
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- Adjective:
- by conscious design or purpose
- done or made or performed with purpose and intent
- done by design
Word Origin
- intentional (adj.)
- 1520s, from Medieval Latin intentionalis, from intentionem (see intention). Intentional fallacy recorded from 1946. Related: Intentionality.
Antonym
Example
- 1. It was not clear if his joke was intentional .
- 2. This is no accident by the way - it 's quite intentional .
- 3. There was no detail , but that was intentional .
- 4. One tiny nudge towards valuing female brains . One brief moment of intentional role modeling .
- 5. The standard critique of abortion asserts that it is murder : the intentional killing of an innocent person .