intent

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   what you plan or aim to do; your intention.

   Their intent was to provide a new translation of the poem.

2. 2
   adj

   firmly focused on or determined to do something.

   She had a mind intent on self-improvement.

Existing since Middle English entente, from Old French entent or entente, ultimately from Latin intentus. Modified later in spelling to align more closely with the Latin word. Compare intention.

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