intent

English

Alternative forms

• entent (obsolete)

Etymology

Existing since Middle English, from Old French entent or entente, ultimately from Latin intendere.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɪnˈtɛnt/

  Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

intent (countable and uncountable; plural intents)

1. The purpose of something that is intended.
2. (law) The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence.

Translations

purpose of something that is intended

• Finnish: tarkoitus (fi)
• German: Absicht (de) f
• Greek: πρόθεση (el) (próthesi) f, επιδίωξη (el) (epidíoxi) f, σκοπός (el) (skopós) m

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئامانج

• Persian: نیت (fa)
• Spanish: intención (es) f, intento (es) m, propósito (es) m

state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence

• Finnish: aikomus (fi)

• Greek: πρόθεση (el) (próthesi) f

Adjective

intent (comparative more intent, superlative most intent)

1. Firmly fixed or concentrated on something.
   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 1/2, The Younger Set^[1]:

     And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs […] peeped perfunctorily into the nursery […] and halted amazed.

2. Engrossed.
3. Unwavering from a course of action.

Translations

firmly fixed or concentrated

• Finnish: keskittynyt
• Greek: προσηλωμένος (el) (prosiloménos) m

• Spanish: concentrado (es)

engrossed

• Finnish: keskittynyt

• Greek: αφοσιωμένος (el) (afosioménos) m

unwavering

• Finnish: vakaasti päättänyt, määrätietoinen, vakaa (fi)
• French: buté (fr) m

• Greek: έμμονος (el) (émmonos) m

Related terms

Related terms

for all intents and purposes intend intense

intention intensive intent on

intently to all intents and purposes with intent