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intent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | purport, spirit |
| Type of | significance, import, meaning, signification |
| Derivation | intend |
Examples of intent
intent
The guy is a machine and he pounds the skins like his intent is to destroy them.
From the ocregister.com
Texting recruits is banned until a high school athlete signs a letter of intent.
From the stltoday.com
She was intent on breaking the women's course record, but fell 34 seconds short.
From the freep.com
Worse, the Legislature seems intent on weakening current growth-management laws.
From the news-journalonline.com
The 27-year-old Jesuit High School graduate has already made good on his intent.
From the sacbee.com
Mbamalu is charged with possession of cannabis with intent to deliver, a felony.
From the dailyherald.com
I was so intent on getting the picture that I didn't realise he was groping her.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Levy said the intent was not to harm the Patriots, simply to protect his client.
From the boston.com
Until we tame that intent within ourselves, technology at best postpones crises.
From the theatlantic.com
- Captive: giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"
- Purpose: 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 designs"
- The intended meaning of a communication
- (intently) with strained or eager attention; "listened intently"; "stood watching intently"
- (intentness) the quality of being intent and concentrated; "the intentness of his gaze"
- Tao Group was a software company headquartered in Reading, Berkshire, UK. It developed intent, a software platform. intent enabled content portability by delivering services in a platform independent format called Virtual Processor (VP). Its business was sold in May 2007.
- The role of human purpose in an injury event
- Demonstrating a deliberate series of actions with the objective of debilitating defense or economic security by destroying or incapacitating a critical infrastructure. [CIAO] (see also critical, object, security)
- Motive to cause a result. Under some concepts of common law, every crime requires the element of intent, i.e., the act complained of must result from some direct motive of the accused to cause the act. ...
