#purpose__intent__intention__aim__design an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs"
supertype: goal.cognitive_content__end the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; "the ends justify the means"
subtype: mind.purpose__idea your intention; what you intend to do; "he had in mind to see his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces"
subtype: cross-purpose__crosspurpose a contrary aim; "at cross-purposes"
subtype: sake the purpose of achieving or obtaining; "for the sake of argument"
subtype: view.purpose the phrase "with a view to" means "with the intention of"; "he took the computer with a view to pawning it"
subtype: will a fixed and persistent intent or purpose; "where there's a will there's a way"
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