intentional
adjective/ɪnˈtenʃənl/
/ɪnˈtenʃənl/
Word Family
- intend verb
- intended adjective (≠ unintended)
- intention noun
- intentional adjective (≠ unintentional)
- intentionally adverb (≠ unintentionally)
- done deliberately synonym deliberate, intended
- I'm sorry I left you off the list—it wasn't intentional.
- an intentional act of cruelty
- It is difficult to prove whether their actions were negligent or intentional.
- She felt she was a victim of intentional discrimination.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIntentional is used with these nouns:- act
- deception
- destruction
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘existing only in intention’): from French intentionnel or medieval Latin intentionalis, from Latin intentio(n-), from intendere ‘intend, extend, direct’, from in- ‘towards’ + tendere ‘stretch, tend’.Definitions on the go
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