Dictionary Definition
intent adj
1 directed with intense concentration; "a fixed
stare"; "an intent gaze" [syn: fixed]
2 wholly absorbed as in thought; "deep in
thought"; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "the book had her
totally engrossed"; "enwrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this
fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare;
"rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" [syn: absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, rapt, wrapped]
Noun
1 an anticipated outcome that is intended or that
guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new
translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created
with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no
secret of his designs" [syn: purpose, intention, aim, design]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈtɛnt/
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Noun
Translations
The state of someone’s mind at the time of
committing an offence
- Finnish: aikomus
Adjective
- Firmly fixed or concentrated on something.
- Engrossed.
- Unwavering from a course of action.
Translations
Firmly fixed or concentrated on something
- Finnish: keskittynyt
Engrossed
- Finnish: keskittynyt
Unwavering from a course of action
- Finnish: vakaasti päättänyt, määrätietoinen
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Intent in law is the planning and desire to
perform an act, to fail
to do so (i.e. an omission)
or to achieve a state of affairs.
In criminal
law, for a given actus reus
("guilty act"), the required element
to prove intent consists of showing mens rea (mental
state, "guilty mind").
The requirements for the proof of intent in
tort law
are generally simpler than criminal law. Knowledge of the
repercussions of the act is often not necessary. It is sometimes
only a matter of showing that there was desire to perform an
act.
intent in German: Absicht
intent in Korean: 의사 (법)
intent in Norwegian: Forsett
intent in Swedish: Uppsåt
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abandoned, absorbed, absorbed in, acceptation, advertent, afire, agog, aim, alert, all ears, all eyes,
ambition, animus, ardent, aspiration, assiduous, attending, attentive, avid, aware, bent, bent on, buried in, burning, careful, caught up in, committed, conation, concentrated, conscious, contemplating, contemplative, counsel, dead set on, decided, decided upon, decisive, dedicated, deep, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, determination, determined, determined upon,
devoted, devoted to,
devout, diligent, eager, earnest, effect, end, engaged, engrossed, engrossed in,
enthusiastic,
faithful, fervent, fervid, fiery, finical, finicking, finicky, firm, fixed, fixed purpose, fixed upon,
flaming, function, goal, hearty, heated, heedful, hell-bent on, hot, hot-blooded, idea, immersed, immersed in, impassioned, import, in earnest, in effect,
inclination,
intending, intendment, intense, intent on, intent upon,
intention, intentive, involved, keen, lost in, loyal, meaning, meditating, meditative, meticulous, mind, mindful, monomaniacal, monopolized, more or less,
motive, nice, niggling, nisus, object, objective, observant, observing, obsessed, occupied, on fire, on the ball,
on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, passionate, perfervid, plan, point, practically, preoccupied, project, proposal, prospectus, purport, purpose, rapt, red-hot, regardful, resolute, resolution, resolve, resolved, resolved upon,
riveted, sake, sense, serious, set, set on, settled, settled upon, significance, significancy, signification, sincere, single-minded, sot on,
spirited, steadfast, steady, striving, studious, study, studying, submerged in, swept
up, taken up with, target, tendency, totally absorbed,
understanding,
vehement, view, virtually, volition, warm, watchful, watching, white-hot, will, wrapped, wrapped in, wrapped up,
wrapped up in, zealous