Definition of intent - WordReference.com Dictionary

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intent
A	noun
	1	purpose, intent, intention, aim, design
			an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his d
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚goal; end ╚purpose, intent, intention, aim, design ╚will ╚view ╚sake ╚cross-purpose ╚mind; idea
	2	intent, purport, spirit
			the intended meaning of a communication
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚meaning; significance; signification; import ╚intent, purport, spirit
B	adjective
	1	absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, rapt, wrapped
			wholly absorbed as in thought; "deep in thought"; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "the book had her totally engrossed"; "enwrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder";

	2	fixed, intent
			directed with intense concentration; "a fixed stare"; "an intent gaze"