intentional UK /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩(ə)l/US /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nəl/adjective 5noun 2forms 3 adjective5 •Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily. •Reflecting intention; marking an expenditure of will in the shape of a matter. •Done with intent. •Directed toward or about a foci of attentional consciousness; possessing the property of being a consciousness of something.It is of the very nature of consciousness to be intentional and a consciousness that would cease to be consciousness of something would for that very reason cease to exist. — 1948 •Object to intentionality, only appearing due to wilful perception. noun2 •The cohortative mood as found in Hebrew (terminology borrowed from Julius Friedrich Böttcher † 1863 and now outmoded), and constructions of similar purpose in even more exotic languages. •(no longer used) Something that has no essential underlying structure but apparition only as defined by perception; object only because consciousness is directed to it. formsintentionals · more intentional · most intentional
