意図 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- design noun A plan showing how something should look, function, or be built.
- intend verb To have a plan or purpose in mind to do something.
- intention noun A plan or aim that guides what someone does.
- mean verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.
- purpose noun The reason something exists or is done; its intended goal.
- think verb To use one's mind to consider, reason about, or form an opinion.
- thought noun An idea or mental image formed in the mind.
Senses
意図 is used for these senses in English:
- design Intention or plot.
- intend (ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
- intention A course of action that a person intends to follow.
- mean (transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention. [from 8th c.]
- mean (transitive) Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
- purpose Resolution; determination.
- think (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
- thought (countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.
design — full definition
- noun A plan showing how something should look, function, or be built.
- verb To plan and work out the details of something before it is made.
- noun A decorative pattern.