intent
[noun]
Synonyms:
- intention, aim, design, end, goal, meaning, object, objective, plan, purpose
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- attentive, absorbed, determined, eager, engrossed, preoccupied, rapt, resolved, steadfast, watchful

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Antonyms: accident, distracted
Contrasted words: chance, fortune, hap, hazard, luck, absent, absent-minded, abstracted, bemused, faraway, preoccupied, daydreaming, napping, oblivious
Related Words: conation, volition, will, attending, attentive, minding, watching, concentrated, riveted

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. in‧tent¹ /ɪnˈtent/ adjective
[Word Family: adjective: intended ≠ UNINTENDED, intentional ≠ unintentional, intent; noun: intent, intention; verb: intend; adverb: intentionally ≠ unintentionally]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: intentus, a past participle of intendere; ⇒ intend]

1. be intent on/upon (doing) something to be determined to do something or achieve something:
She was intent on pursuing a career in business.

2. giving careful attention to something so that you think about nothing else:
his intent gaze
intent on/upon
Intent upon her work, she didn’t notice the cold.
—intently adverb:
Jake listened intently.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. intent² noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: adjective: intended ≠ UNINTENDED, intentional ≠ unintentional, intent; noun: intent, intention; verb: intend; adverb: intentionally ≠ unintentionally]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: entent, from Latin intentus, from a past participle of intendere; ⇒ intend]

1. formal what you intend to do Synonym : intention:
She behaved foolishly but with good intent.

2. law the intention to do something illegal
with intent (to do something)
Jones was found guilty of wounding with intent.
He is charged with possession of a gun with intent to commit a robbery.

3. to all intents and purposes (also for all intents and purposes American English) used to say that a situation is not exactly as you describe it, but the effect is the same as if it were:
The war was, to all intents and purposes, over.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

intent
adj.
I. determined to do sth
VERBS appear, be, seem
ADV. apparently, seemingly | clearly, evidently, obviously They are clearly intent on maintaining standards.
PREP. on/upon He was intent on murder.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

intent
II. concentrating on sth
VERBS be | become
ADV. very | suddenly Her gaze was suddenly intent.
PREP. on She was very intent on her work.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

intent
ɪnˈtent
See: to all intents and purposes

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲