statement of intent

Declared future plans

A statement of intent is a formal declaration of what someone plans to do or achieve.

In academic contexts, it's a document explaining why an applicant wants to pursue a particular program: Her statement of intent outlined her research goals.

More broadly, any announcement of planned action: The government's statement of intent on climate policy.

declaration

announcement

Public declaration of information

commitment · pledge · vow · promise · resolution · manifesto · position paper · formal notice

proposal

proposal

Formal plan for consideration

submission · offer · proposition · initiative · plan · project · scheme · blueprint · draft · outline

legal

memorandum of understanding

Preliminary accord document

good faith

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commitment fulfillment

statement of intentfait accompli

Irreversible completed action

broken promise · retraction · withdrawal · renunciation · reversal

certainty of action

statement of intentretraction

Formal withdrawal of statement

withdrawal · renunciation · disavowal · disclaimer · refusal

communicative direction

statement of intentpost-mortem

Analysis after conclusion

retrospective · after-action report · disavowal · final report · confession

Family

statement, statements, state, states, stated, stating, stately, statehood, statesman

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