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
Words Nearby intent
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
Both firms extensively invest in Opportunity Zone businesses that hold to the original intent of the OZ legislation.
Opportunity Zones haven’t fully reached their potential, but don’t write them off yet | jakemeth | September 16, 2020 | FortuneWhatever you do, don’t call Red Ventures an intent media company.
‘Helping people discover information’: How Red Ventures grew into a giant | Max Willens | September 16, 2020 | DigidayThe post Google custom audiences, the combo of custom affinity and custom intent audiences, now live appeared first on Search Engine Land.
Google custom audiences, the combo of custom affinity and custom intent audiences, now live | Ginny Marvin | September 14, 2020 | Search Engine LandAny existing custom intent or custom affinity audiences you have will automatically be migrated into custom audiences.
Google custom audiences, the combo of custom affinity and custom intent audiences, now live | Ginny Marvin | September 14, 2020 | Search Engine LandMoreover, Derrida argues, since all we have access to is the signifier, for all intents and purposes, the signified does not really exist.
The true love story in Elif Batuman’s The Idiot is a love affair with language | Constance Grady | September 11, 2020 | Vox
Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President | Pierre Assouline | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSome brought rocks and bricks, intent on clashing with the police.
A twinned, imagined narrative of a fictitious Fidel Castro and a Miami exile intent on assassinating him.
The details differ but the intent is the same as in a high-profile case of police brutality.
‘Rectal Feeding’ Has Nothing to Do with Nutrition, Everything to Do with Torture | Russell Saunders | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMen and women of good intent who simply seek “the truth” upon which to base their opinions find themselves awash in folderol.
This seems to be contrary to the spirit and intent of the act, which is primarily to centralize reserves in Federal Reserve Banks.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsHe was a good judge of men, that eagle-faced major; he knew that the slightest move with hostile intent would mean a smoking gun.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairIt was theatrical: he stood upon the stage, an audience watching him with intent expectancy, wondering upon his decision.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodShe knew that Alessandro had no knife, and had gone forward with no hostile intent; but she knew nothing beyond that.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonShe was too intent upon studying his own to hide them, and upon arriving at a final conclusion.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
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
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Other Idioms and Phrases with intent
see to all intents and purposes.
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