intentions
n. C / Un. the things you plan or mean to do. You use this word to talk about your goals or the reasons behind your actions.
n. the aims or objectives that guide a person's actions. Often used in the plural to describe a person's general motives or moral purpose in a specific situation.
I have no intentions of leaving my current job.
Despite his good intentions, the surprise party he planned ended up causing a lot of stress.
The legal team argued that the defendant's intentions were purely professional and that no malice could be proven from the correspondence provided.
Commonly followed by the preposition 'of' with a gerund or 'to' with an infinitive.
I have the intention to goI have every intention of goingWhile 'intention to' is grammatically correct, the plural 'intentions' or the fixed phrase 'intention of' is more idiomatic in natural speech.