Direction and Intention

Direction

Direction noun - A guiding or motivating purpose or principle.

Usage example: a life that seemed to lack any direction other than the mindless pursuit of empty pleasures

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Intention and direction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intention" instead a noun "Direction".

Nearby Words: direct, directed, directly, director, directive

Intention noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

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Direction and intention are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Direction" instead a noun "Intention".

good	good direction	good intention
clear	clear direction	clear intention
best	best direction	best intention
particular	particular direction	particular intention
Other adjectives: similar, specific, right, positive, complete, original, true, actual, entire, real, serious, little, bad, artistic, new, possible, different, opposite, overall.

Theophany, who, under the direction of a voice claiming to be God, transformed Folder into a girl with intention of making her his 'divine bride'.

Source: Transformation Horror
The next game does reveal that the carnival at the end was part of Monkey Island, but considering that was made without Ron Gilbert's direction, it likely wasn't his intention to imply that.

Source: Video Game / Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Nolan's intention was to have the sequel go on to feature the Joker on trial, making it more closely linked with TDK, but with Heath Ledger's death they decided on a completely new direction for the third film.

Source: Two-Part Trilogy

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