Sense one's intending to (7)
I believe the answer is:
meaning
'sense' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'one's intending to' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'an' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'an' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for meaning that I've seen before include "Significance" , "Purpose, intent" , "Drift" , "Import; purpose" , "Gist" .)