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intent

noun
  1. What one intends to do or achieve: aim, ambition, design, end, goal, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, point, purpose, target, view, why. Idioms: end in view, why and wherefore. See planned, purpose
  2. The thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse: aim, burden 2, drift, meaning, purport, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust. See meaning
  3. That which is signified by a word or expression: acceptation, connotation, denotation, import, meaning, message, purport, sense, significance, significancy, signification, value. See meaning
adjective
  1. Concentrating the mental powers on something: attentive, heedful, regardful. Idiom: all ears (or eyes). See excite
  2. Having one's thoughts fully occupied: absorbed, deep, preoccupied, rapt. Idiom: wrapped up in. See awareness, excite
  3. On an unwavering course of action: bent, decided, determined, fixed, resolute, set 1. See decide

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