explicit intention
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexplicitandintention
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explicit
adjective
uk/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/us/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/
clear ...
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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 ofexplicitandintentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofexplicit intention
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Throughout he kept a detailed private journal, with theexplicitintentionof producing a popular travelogue alongside his formal reports.
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In many respects our culture does not show theexplicitintentionto remove concerts or concert halls.
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Wakem'sexplicitintentionis to exercise charity as a means to humiliate a man who has been loud-mouthed against him.
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There can be no doubt that the amendment goes much wider than that, but that was hisexplicitintentionin moving the amendment.
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That is theexplicitintentionon the face of the treaty.
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Managers of the holding are rewarded according to profits with theexplicitintentionto cultivate an ownership mind-set.
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Design science research focuses on the development and performance of (designed) artifacts with theexplicitintentionof improving the functional performance of the artifact.
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Words represent explicit intentions, whether sincere, conventional, or false, in relationships between individuals.
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Like many texts the literature of empire, despite its explicit intentions, often bears within itself unpredictable possibilities for social change.
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These behavioral results are thus consistent with the view that seen objects automatically potentiate components of the actions they afford, even in the absence of explicit intentions to act.
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Propaganda sometimes resulted from the explicit intentions of a persuader but also could be unintentional, as when educators indirectly transmitted the social heritage of a culture.
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