intent
noun /ɪnˈtent/
/ɪnˈtent/
[uncountable] (formal or law)Idioms - intent (to do something) what you intend to do synonym intention
- She denies possessing the drug with intent to supply.
- He was charged with wounding with intent.
- a letter/statement of intent
- His intent is clearly not to placate his critics.
Idioms
to all intents and purposes (especially British English)
(North American English usually for all intents and purposes)
- in the effects that something has, if not in reality; almost completely
- By 1981 the docks had, to all intents and purposes, closed.
- The two items are, for all intents and purposes, identical.