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#620. Intention. -- N. intent

• intention

• intentionality

• purpose

• quo

• animo[Lat]

• project

• undertaking

• predetermination

• design

• ambition

• contemplation

• mind

• animus

• view

• purview

• proposal

• study

• look out

• final cause

• cui bono[Lat]

• object

• aim

• end

• "the

• be all and the end all"

• drift

• tendency

• destination

• mark

• point

• butt

• goal

• target

• bull's-eye

• prey

• quarry

• game

• decision

• determination

• resolve

• fixed set purpose

• settled purpose;

• ultimatum

• resolution

• wish

• motive

• 615

• [Study of final causes] teleology

• V. intend

• purpose

• design

• mean

• have to

• propose to oneself

• harbor

• a design

• have in view

• have in contemplation

• have in one's eye

• have in-

• petto

• have an eye to

• bid for

• labor for

• be after

• aspire after

• endeavor after

• be at

• aim

• at

• drive at

• point at

• level at

• aspire at

• take aim

• set before oneself;

• study to

• take upon oneself

• take into one's head

• meditate

• contemplate of

• think of

• dream of

• talk of

• premeditate

• compass

• calculate

• destine

• propose

• project

• have a mind to

• desire

• pursue

• Adj. intended

• intentional

• advised

• express

• determinate;

• prepense

• bound for

• intending

• minded

• bent upon

• (earnest) 60

• at stake

• on the anvil

• in view

• in

• prospect

• in the breast of

• in petto

• teleological

• Adv. intentionally

• advisedly

• wittingly

• knowingly

• designedly

• purposely

• on purpose

• by design

• studiously

• pointedly

• with

• intent

• deliberately

• with one's eyes

• open

• in cold blood

• for

• with a view

• with an eye to

• in order to

• in order that

• to the

• end that

• with the intent that

• for the purpose of

• with the view of

• in

• contemplation of

• on account of

• in pursuance of

• pursuant to

• quo animo[Lat]

• to all intents and

• purposes

• Phr. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" [Johnson];

• sublimi feriam sidera vertice [Lat][Horace]

#621. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance. 2 -- N

• chance

• lot

• fate

• luck

• good luck

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• mascot

• speculation

• venture

• stake

• game of chance

• mere shot

• random shot;

• blind bargain

• leap in the dark

• pig in a poke

• fluke

• potluck

• faro bank

• flyer*

• limit

• uncertainty

• uncertainty principle

• Heisenberg's uncertainty

• principle

• drawing lots

• sortition|

• sortes

• hazard

• ante

• chuck-a-luck

• crack-loo

• craps

• faro

• roulette

• pitch and toss

• chuck

• farthing

• cup

• tossing

• heads or tails cross and pile

• poker-dice

• wager

• bet

• betting;

• gambling

• the turf

• gaming house

• gambling house

• betting house

• bucket shop

• gambling

• joint

• totalizator

• totalizer

• hell

• betting ring

• dice

• dice box

• [person who takes chances] gambler

• gamester

• man of the turf;

• adventurer

• dicer|!

• V. chance

• stand a chance

• toss up

• cast lots

• draw lots

• leave to chance

• trust to chance

• leave

• to the chapter of accidents

• trust to the chapter of accidents

• tempt

• fortune

• chance it

• take one's chance

• take a shot at it (attempt) 6

• run

• the risk

• run the chance

• incur the risk

• incur the chance

• encounter the

• risk

• encounter the chance

• stand the hazard of the die

• speculate

• try one's luck

• set on a cast

• raffle

• put into a lottery

• buy a pig in a poke

• shuffle the cards

• risk

• venture

• hazard

• stake

• ante

• lay

• lay a wager

• make a bet

• wager

• bet

• gamble

• game

• play for

• play at chuck farthing

• Adj. fortuitous

• unintentional

• unintended

• accidental

• not

• meant

• undesigned

• purposed

• unpremeditated

• unforeseen

• uncontemplated

• never thought of

• random

• indiscriminate

• promiscuous

• undirected

• aimless

• purposeless

• causeless

• without purpose

• possible

• unforeseeable

• unpredictable

• chancy

• risky

• speculative

• dicey

• Adv. randomly

• by chance

• fortuitously

• unpredictably

• unforeseeably;

• casually

• unintentionally

• unwittingly

• by the way

• incidentally

• as it may happen

• at random

• at a venture

• at haphazard

• Phr. acierta errando[Lat]

• dextro tempore[Lat]

• "fearful concatenation

• of circumstances" [D. Webster]

• "fortuitous combination of circumstances"

• [Dickens]

• "the

• happy combination of fortuitous circumstances" [Scott]

• "the fortuitous or

• casual concourse of atoms" [Bentley]

• "God does not play dice with the

• universe" [A. Einstein]

#622. [Purpose in action.] Pursuit -- N. pursuit

• pursuing

• prosecution

• pursuance

• enterprise

• business

• adventure

• quest

• scramble

• hue and cry

• game

• hobby

• still-hunt

• chase

• hunt

• race

• steeple chase

• hunting

• coursing;

• venation

• venery

• fox chase

• sport

• sporting

• shooting

• angling

• fishing

• hawking

• shikar[Geogloc:India]

• pursuer

• hunter

• huntsman

• shikari[Geogloc:India]

• sportsman

• Nimrod;

• hound

• V. pursue

• prosecute

• follow

• run after

• make after

• be after

• hunt

• after

• prowl after

• shadow

• carry on

• engage in

• (undertake) 6

• set about

• endeavor

• court

• (request) 765 seek

• aim at

• follow the

• trail

• fish for

• press on

• 6

• run a race

• chase

• give chase

• course

• dog

• hunt

• hound

• tread on the heels

• follow on the heels of

• rush upon

• rush headlong

• run

• full tilt at

• make a leap at

• jump at

• snatch at run down

• start game

• tread a path

• take a course

• hold- a course

• shape one's steps

• direct

• one's steps

• bend one's steps

• course

• play a game

• fight one's way

• elbow

• one's way

• follow up

• take to

• take up

• go in for

• ride one's hobby

• Adj. pursuing

• in quest of

• in

• full cry

• in hot pursuit

• on the scent

• Adv. in pursuance of

• after

#623. [Absence of pursuit.] Avoidance. -- N. abstention

• abstinence;

• refraining

• inaction

• neutrality

• avoidance

• evasion

• elusion

• seclusion

• avolation|

• flight

• escape

• retreat

• recoil

• departure

• rejection

• shirker

• truant

• fugitive

• refugee

• runaway

• runagate

• maroon

• V. abstain

• refrain

• spare

• not attempt

• not do

• maintain the

• even tenor of one's way

• eschew

• keep from

• let alone

• have nothing to do with

• keep aloof keep

• off

• stand aloof

• stand off

• hold aloof

• hold off

• take no part in

• have no

• hand in

• avoid

• shun

• steer clear of

• keep clear of

• fight shy of

• keep one's

• distance

• keep at a respectful distance

• keep out of the way

• get out of

• the way

• evade

• elude

• turn away from

• set one's face against

• 70

• deny oneself

• shrink back

• hang back

• hold back

• draw back

• recoil

• retire

• flinch

• blink

• blench

• shy

• shirk

• dodge

• parry

• make way

• for

• give place to

• beat a retreat

• turn tail

• turn one's back

• take to one's heels;

• runaway

• run for one's life

• cut and run

• be off like a shot

• fly

• flee;

• fly away

• flee away

• run away from

• take flight

• take to flight

• desert

• elope

• make off

• scamper off

• sneak off

• shuffle off

• sheer off

• break

• away

• tear oneself away

• slip away

• slink away

• steel away

• make away from

• scamper away from

• sneak away from

• shuffle away from

• sheer away from;

• slip cable

• part company

• turn one's heel

• sneak out of

• play truant

• give

• one the go by

• give leg bail

• take French leave

• slope

• decamp

• flit

• bolt

• abscond

• levant

• skedaddle

• cut one's stick

• walk one's chalks

• show a light pair of heels

• make oneself scarce

• escape

• go away

• abandon

• reject

• lead one a dance

• lead one a pretty dance

• throw off the scent

• play

• at hide and seek

• Adj. unsought

• unattempted

• avoiding

• neutral

• shy of

• (unwilling) 60

• elusive

• evasive

• fugitive

• runaway

• shy

• wild

• Adj. lest

• in order to avoid

• Int. forbear! keep off

• man for himself]

• devil take the hindmost!

• Phr. "things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme" [Paradise Lost]

#624. Relinquishment. -- N. relinquishment

• abandonment

• desertion

• defection

• secession

• withdrawal

• nolle

• prosequi[Lat]

• discontinuance

• renunciation

• 60

• abrogation

• resignation

• desuetude

• 6

• cession

• V. relinquish

• give up

• abandon

• desert

• forsake

• leave in the lurch;

• go back on

• depart from

• secede from

• withdraw from

• back out of

• leave

• quit

• take leave of

• bid a long farewell

• vacate

• renounce

• forego

• have done with

• drop

• disuse

• 67

• discard

• wash one's hands of

• drop all idea of

• break off

• leave off

• desist

• stop

• hold one's hand

• stay one's hand

• quit one's hold

• give over

• shut up shop

• throw up the game

• throw up the cards

• give up the point

• give up the

• argument

• pass to the order of the day

• move to the previous question

• relinquished

• relinquishing

• Int. avast!

• Phr. aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben[Ger]

• entbehre gern was du

• nicht hast[Ger]

#625. Business. -- N. business

• occupation

• employment

• pursuit

• 6

• what one is doing

• what one is about

• affair

• concern

• matter

• case

• matter in hand

• irons in the fire

• thing to do

• agendum

• task

• work

• job

• chore [U.S.]

• errand

• commission

• mission

• charge

• care

• duty

• part

• role

• cue

• province

• function

• lookout

• department

• capacity

• sphere

• orb

• field

• line

• walk

• walk of life

• beat

• round

• routine

• race

• career

• office

• place

• post

• incumbency

• living

• situation

• berth

• employ

• service

• engagement

• undertaking

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• vocation

• calling

• profession

• cloth

• faculty

• industry

• art;

• industrial arts

• craft

• mystery

• handicraft

• trade

• exercise

• work

• avocation

• press of business

• (activity) 682

• V. pass one's time in

• employ one's time in

• spend one's time in;

• employ oneself in

• employ oneself upon

• occupy oneself with

• concern

• oneself with

• make it one's business

• undertake

• enter a

• profession

• betake oneself to

• turn one's hand to

• have to do with

• 680

• office

• place

• post

• incumbency

• living

• situation

• berth

• employ

• service

• engagement

• undertaking

• 676

• drive a trade

• carry on a trade

• do a trade

• transact a trade

• carry

• on business

• do business

• transact business

• keep a shop

• ply one's

• task

• ply one's trade

• labor in one's vocation

• pursue the even tenor of

• one's way

• attend to business

• attend to one's work

• officiate

• serve

• act

• act one's part

• play one's part

• do duty

• serve

• the office of

• discharge the office of

• perform the office of

• perform the

• duties of

• perform the functions of

• hold an office

• fill an office

• fill a

• place

• fill a situation

• hold a portfolio

• hold a place

• hold a situation

• be about

• be doing

• be engaged in

• be employed in

• be occupied with

• be at work on

• have one's hands in

• have in hand

• have on one's hands

• have

• on one's shoulders

• bear the burden

• have one's hands full

• 682

• be in the hands of

• be on the stocks

• be on the anvil

• pass through

• one's hands

• Adj. businesslike

• workaday

• professional

• official

• functional

• busy

• on hand

• in hand

• in one's hands

• afoot

• on

• foot

• on the anvil

• going on

• acting

• Adv. in the course of business

• all in one's day's work;

• professionally

• Phr. "a business with an income at its heels" [Cowper]

• amoto

• quaeramus seria ludo [Lat][Horace]

• par negotiis neque supra

• [Lat][Tacitus]

#626. Plan. -- N. plan

• scheme

• design

• project

• proposal

• proposition

• suggestion

• resolution

• motion

• precaution

• 6

• deep-laid plan

• system

• organization

• germ

• (cause) 153

• sketch

• skeleton

• outline

• draught

• draft

• rough cast

• rough draft

• draught copy

• copy

• proof

• revise

• drawing

• scheme

• schematic

• graphic

• chart

• flow chart

• (representation) 554

• forecast

• program(me)

• prospectus

• card

• bill

• protocol

• order of the day

• list of agenda

• bill of fare

• base of operations

• platform

• plank

• slate [U. S.]

• ticket [U. S.]

• role

• policy

• contrivance

• invention

• expedient

• receipt

• nostrum

• artifice

• device;

• pipelaying [U. S.]

• stratagem

• trick

• alternative

• loophole

• shift

• last shift

• (necessity) 601

• measure

• step

• stroke

• stroke of policy

• master stroke

• trump card

• court card

• great gun

• coup

• clever stroke

• bold stroke

• good move

• good hit

• good stroke

• bright

• thought

• bright idea

• intrigue

• cabal

• plot

• conspiracy

• machination;

• subplot

• counterplot

• schemer

• schematist|

• strategist

• machinator;

• projector

• artist

• promoter

• designer

• conspirator

• intrigant

• V. plan,,scheme

• design

• frame

• contrive

• project

• forecast

• sketch;

• devise

• invent

• set one's wits to work

• spring a

• project

• fall upon

• hit upon

• strike out

• chalk out

• cut out

• lay out

• map

• out

• lay down a plan

• shape out a course

• mark out a course

• predetermine

• concert

• preconcert

• preestablish

• prepare

• hatch

• hatch a

• plot concoct

• take steps

• take measures

• cast

• recast

• systematize

• organize

• arrange

• digest

• mature

• plot

• counter-plot

• counter-mine

• dig a mine

• lay a train

• intrigue

• Adj. planned

• strategic

• strategical

• planning

• prepared

• in course of preparation

• under consideration

• on the

• on the carpet

• on the floor

#627. Method. [Path.] -- N. method

• way

• manner

• wise

• gait

• form

• mode

• fashion

• tone

• guise

• modus operandi

• MO

• procedure

• conduct) 692

• path

• road

• route

• course

• line of way

• line of road

• trajectory

• orbit

• track

• beat

• tack

• steps

• stair

• staircase

• flight of stairs

• ladder

• stile;

• bridge

• footbridge

• viaduct

• pontoon

• steppingstone

• plank

• gangway;

• drawbridge

• pass

• ford

• ferry

• tunnel

• pipe

• door

• gateway

• channel

• passage

• avenue

• means of

• access

• approach

• artery

• lane

• alley

• aisle

• lobby

• corridor;

• back-door

• back-stairs

• secret passage

• covert way

• roadway

• pathway

• stairway

• express

• thoroughfare

• highway

• turnpike

• freeway

• royal road

• coach road

• broad highway

• King's highway

• Queen's

• highway

• beaten track

• beaten path

• horse road

• bridle road

• bridle track

• bridle path

• walk

• footpath

• pavement

• flags

• sidewalk;

• crossroad

• byroad

• bypath

• byway

• cut

• short cut

• private road

• occupation road

• highways and byways;

• railroad

• railway

• tram road

• tramway

• towpath

• causeway

• canal

• (conduit) 350

• street

• speedway

• adv. how

• in what way

• in what manner

• by what mode

• so

• in this way

• after

• this fashion

• one way or another

• anyhow

• somehow or other

• by way of

• via

• in transitu

• on the high road to

• Phr. hae tibi erunt artes[Lat]

#628. Mid-course. -- N. middle course

• midcourse

• mean

• mezzo termine[It]

• golden mean

• aurea mediocritas[Lat]

• straight

• straight path

• short cut

• cross cut

• great circle sailing

• neutrality

• half measure

• half and half measures

• compromise

• V. keep in a middle course

• preserve a middle course

• preserve an even

• course

• go straight

• go halfway

• compromise

• make a compromise

• Adj. straight

• Phr. medium tenuere beati[Lat]

#629. Circuit. -- N. circuit

• roundabout way

• digression

• detour

• circumbendibus

• loop

• winding

• zigzag

• V. perform a circuit

• go round about

• go out of one's way

• make a

• detour

• meander

• lead a pretty dance

• beat about the bush

• make two bites of a cherry

• Adj. circuitous

• indirect

• roundabout

• zigzag

• backhanded

• Adv. by a side wind

• by an indirect course

• in a roundabout way

• from

• pillar to post