1.showing concentration or great attention

2.showing great determination

3.directed with strained or eager attention : concentrated

4.having the mind, attention, or will concentrated on something or some end or purpose

1.what someone plans to do or accomplish : purpose

2.meaning sense 2

3.the act or fact of intending: as

4.the design or purpose to commit a wrongful or criminal act — called also criminal intent — compare knowledge, mens rea, motive, negligence

5.the purpose to commit a tortious act having consequences that the actor desires and believes or knows will occur

6.intent that is inferred to exist (as from willfulness or recklessness) in relation to an act

7.intent sense 1a

8.intent to perform an illegal act without the desire for further consequences or a precise result

9.intent to perform an illegal act with the knowledge or purpose that particular results will or may ensue

10.intent attributed to a person who intends to cause another harm when the harm is accidentally inflicted on an unintended victim

11.a doctrine in tort and criminal law: a wrongdoer who causes harm to a person other than the one intended may nevertheless be held to have intended the harmful result

12.intendment — see also legislative intent

13.the purpose of a document (as a contract or will)

14.the aim or goal of a person in creating a document or taking an action