#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
6
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
676
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