intent

in-tent · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Intention or purpose.

  2. 2.

    (Law) The state of mind with which an act is done.

  3. 3.

    As adjective: determined to do something.

Forms

plural: intents

Related words

See also: intention, intentional, purpose
Synonyms: aim, intention, purpose

Etymology

From Latin intentus "a stretching out," past participle of intendere "to stretch out, aim."