Definition of Intent

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Intent

Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.

Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; -- formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on business or pleasure.

The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.

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Intent Quotations

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
Buddha

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
Lao Tzu

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
William Blake

My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
Ulysses S. Grant

A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
Laozi

My intent was to carry out my duty as a doctor, to end their suffering. Unfortunately, that entailed, in their cases, ending of the life.
Jack Kevorkian

What is the quality of your intent?
Thurgood Marshall

I went to the Capitol and came to court specifically to draw attention to the problems of the world that directly affect my state of mind and my physical body and to offer a way to clean up the world. This is my intent.
Lynette Fromme

Our intent will not be to create gridlock. Oh, except maybe from time to time.
Bob Dole

In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.
Margaret J. Wheatley

Intent Translations

intent in Norwegian is spent, anspent
intent in Spanish is intento

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