- something that is planned, proposed, or intended; purpose; design; intention: The original intent of the committee was to raise funds.
- the 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.
- 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.
- for all practical purposes; practically speaking; virtually: The book is, to all intents and purposes, a duplication of earlier efforts.
- firmly or steadfastly fixed or directed, as the eyes or mind: an intent gaze.
- having the attention sharply focused or fixed on something: intent on one's job.
- determined or resolved; having the mind or will fixed on some goal: intent on revenge.
- earnest; intense: an intent person.
- something that is intended; aim; purpose; design
- the act of intending
- the will or purpose with which one does an act
- implicit meaning; connotation
- for all practical purposes; virtually
- firmly fixed; determined; concentrated
- having the fixed intention (of); directing one's mind or energy (to)