intent
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4.9
- adjective
- /ɪnˈtɛnt/
:
concentrado
- I am intent on doing something that no other has yet done.
- seem intent
- intent on preserving
- intent on discovering
That is, they were not intent on mayhem and destruction.
- That is, they were not intent on mayhem and destruction.
- And I was really so intent on figuring out the why part of it.
- Some forces in American Society really seem intent on having us turn on each other.
- And you still see that because you're intent on seeing that.
- Lastly, a good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
- If someone is intent upon losing weight, they count their calories.
- And so that emotional framework leads to being intent and, and, and really locked in with people.
- He'd been extolling the delights of French food since they'd met in Ceylon, and was intent that their first meal be one for the record books.
- And she is very intent on being for her what, X number of years of life?
- As a young warlock intent on his training, he had not paid much attention to talk about this full person.
Examples
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The question is, why are government bureaucracies so intent on helping them?
Academic text (2000) -
And I was really so intent on figuring out the why part of it.
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Some forces in American Society really seem intent on having us turn on each other.
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And she is very intent on being for her what, X number of years of life?
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I was so intent on making it quick and good things take time.
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And they do seem rather intent upon doing just that.
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George was so intent on his purpose that I do not think he even saw Danny standing there in the corner.
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Why are you so intent on being grumpy?
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We did, Freddy and I, each of us intent on getting the answer before the other.
Fiction book (1991) -
She was intent on completing the project ahead of schedule.
Synonyms
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7.5
Fully focused and very interested in something
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4.5
Paying all your attention to something because you are very interested
Giving all your attention to something and not noticing other things
Giving a lot of attention and effort to one task
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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5.1
A written note that says a person or company plans to do something before a contract is signed
A crime of illegally taking money or things someone gave you to look after and keeping them for yourself
- Informal
An act of standing in public and staring at people without purpose
How Focused
Surface Forms
Etymology
Intent as an adjective comes from the old idea of 'stretching toward' something, the same root as attention. So if you are intent on something, you are fully focused or deeply paying attention.