intent
1the act or fact of intending, as to do something: Any identified individual found to have violated this rule with intent will be suspended from all participation in the forum.
Law. the state of a person's mind that directs their actions toward a specific object: He was arrested for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
meaning or significance.
Idioms about intent
to / for all intents and purposes, for all practical purposes; practically speaking; virtually: The book is, to all intents and purposes, a duplication of earlier efforts.
Origin of intent
1synonym study For intent
Other words for intent
Words that may be confused with intent
- intense, intents
Other definitions for intent (2 of 2)
Origin of intent
2Other words for intent
Opposites for intent
Other words from intent
- in·tent·ly, adverb
- in·tent·ness, noun
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How to use intent in a sentence
In a statement Thursday evening, Toomey said Congress’s intent with the Cares Act made clear the programs were meant to be temporary.
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin cuts off several Federal Reserve emergency aid programs, sparking unusual rebuke from Fed | Rachel Siegel, Jeff Stein | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostChairman Ajit Pai wrote in a statement Wednesday that “one would have to be rather naïve to think that this was not done with the intent to cause harm,” and pointed to angry complaints the actual owner of the phone number received.
Morning Report: County Digs in to Keep COVID Data Private | Voice of San Diego | November 19, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe technology is there to understand what the consumer’s intent is and how to fulfill that.
Shoppers are panic-buying toilet paper. This time, there should be enough to go around. | Laura Reiley, Abha Bhattarai | November 19, 2020 | Washington PostWhile we’ve made some changes, our core driving mantra has always been to preserve the spirit and intent of the original creators.
‘Demon’s Souls’ devs considered, and ultimately left out, an easy mode. Here’s why. | Elise Favis | November 18, 2020 | Washington PostSince they were no longer in custody, Border Patrol began attending their court hearings, with the intent of arresting them at the conclusion of their hearings and deport them, according to the court order.
Judge Bars Immigration Arrests at San Diego’s Federal Courthouse | Maya Srikrishnan | November 18, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
"Yes," said Maud Barrington, noticing the sudden intentness of his pallid face.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold BindlossIt seized with intentness on each thing in turn, which was part of his life at the moment, and gave it an abnormal significance.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert ParkerMeg, the fortune-teller, remained where he had left her several moments watching him with a strange, catlike intentness.
They Looked and Loved | Mrs. Alex McVeigh MillerAnd why did that Malay waiting at table stare with such disagreeable intentness at him, Fabio?
Dream Tales and Prose Poems | Ivan TurgenevHe ate with relish, the guard watching him in the meantime with cat-like intentness and holding his spear in instant readiness.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles Beecham
British Dictionary definitions for intent
/ (ɪnˈtɛnt) /
something that is intended; aim; purpose; design
the act of intending
law the will or purpose with which one does an act
implicit meaning; connotation
to all intents and purposes for all practical purposes; virtually
firmly fixed; determined; concentrated: an intent look
(postpositive; usually foll by on or upon) having the fixed intention (of); directing one's mind or energy (to): intent on committing a crime
Origin of intent
1Derived forms of intent
- intently, adverb
- intentness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with intent
see to all intents and purposes.
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