| NOUN | cognition | intent, purpose, intention, aim, design | an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions |
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| communication | intent, purport, spirit | the intended meaning / meaning of a communication | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | intent, captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, wrapped | giving or marked by complete attention to |
| Sounds | ihnteh'nt | |
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| Rhymes | accent ... vent: 69 rhymes with ehnt... | |
| Meaning | Giving or marked by complete attention to. | |
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| Example | "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare | |
| Synonyms | captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, wrapped | |
| Broader | attentive | (often followed by 'to') giving care or attention |
| Spanish | absorto, concentrado, embelesado | |
| Catalan | absort, embadalit | |
| Nouns | intentness | the quality of being intent and concentrated |
| Adverbs | intently | with strained or eager attention |
| Meaning | An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions. | |
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| Synonyms | purpose, intention, aim, design | |
| Narrower | cross-purpose | A contrary aim |
| final cause | (philosophy) the end or purpose of a thing or process | |
| mind, idea | Your intention | |
| sake | The purpose of achieving or obtaining | |
| view | Purpose | |
| will | A fixed and persistent intent or purpose | |
| Broader | goal, end | The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it |
| Spanish | finalidad, intencionalidad, intención, intento, meta, objetivo, objeto, propósito | |
| Catalan | finalitat, intenció, meta, propòsit, voluntat | |
| Verbs | intend | have in mind as a purpose |
| Meaning | The intended meaning / meaning of a communication. | |
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| Synonyms | purport, spirit | |
| Broader | meaning, significance, signification, import | The message that is intended or expressed or signified |
| Spanish | intención, significado | |
| Catalan | intenció | |
| Verbs | intend | mean or intend to express or convey |
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