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πρόθεση — meaning in English

prothesi

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English meaning

  • contemplation noun The act of thinking deeply and quietly about something.
  • intent noun A plan or purpose behind an action.
  • intention noun A plan or aim that guides what someone does.
  • preposition noun A word such as in, on, at, to, from, with or by that links a noun or pronoun to the rest of the sentence, usually showing place, time, direction or relationship.
  • prosthesis noun An artificial device that replaces a missing body part.
  • purpose noun The reason something exists or is done; its intended goal.
  • view noun What can be seen from a particular place, especially scenery.

Senses

πρόθεση is used for these senses in English:

  • contemplation The act of looking forward to a future event
  • intent Something that is intended.
  • intent (legal) The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence.
  • intention A course of action that a person intends to follow.
  • preposition (grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.
  • prosthesis (medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
  • purpose Resolution; determination.
  • view An intention or prospect.

contemplation — full definition

  1. noun The act of thinking deeply and quietly about something.
  2. noun The state of being considered or planned for the future.

intent — full definition

  1. noun A plan or purpose behind an action.
  2. adj Firmly focused or determined on something.

Related Greek words