true intention
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftrueandintention
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true
adjective
uk/truː/us/truː/
(especially of facts or statements) right and not ...
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intention
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈten.ʃən/us/ɪnˈten.ʃən/
something that you want and plan ...
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(Definition oftrueandintentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The children failed to make the necessary inferences in order to identify thetrueintentionof the picture.
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In addition, the omnipresence of recognition errors leads to constant uncertainty about thetrueintentionof the user.
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Under these circumstances, we would be unable to discover the physician'strueintention.
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Identifying thetrueintentionof a premier in dissolving parliament for elections is, of course, inevitably subjective.
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In other cases it has been found that they do not appear to have grasped thetrueintentionof the scheme.
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But it is thetrueintentionof people who claim a place at the table that has to be discerned.
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No doubt that is thetrueintention—not least of the chairmen of the nationalised boards.
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Let us hear what is thetrueintention.
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We are still puzzled about what thetrueintentionwas.
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This, in my view, wonderfully reflects the rapporteur'strueintention.
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Thetrueintentionbehind the clause is becoming increasingly apparent in the light of what you have just said.
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We have not had nearly enough explanation of its true importance or itstrueintention.
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Thirdly, what is thetrueintentionof this article?
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I cannot believe that that was thetrueintentionof the regulations.
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I had already jotted down the phrase "trueintention".
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That represents a case where the department thought that the courts had not expressed theirtrueintention.
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Hertrueintentionwas to stay as long as she could.
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The extent to which that is the leadership'strueintentionis obviously open to question.
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That is ourtrueintention.
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