Betydelse av intent på svenska

• 0 giving all your attention to something:

  • an intent stare

  • She had an intent look on her face.

• 1 to be determined to do or achieve something:

  • I've tried persuading her not to go but she's intent on it.

  • He seems intent on upsetting everyone in the room!

• 2 the fact that you want and plan to do something:

  • I spent half the morning on the phone, which wasn't really my intent.

  • [ + to infinitive ] It was not his intent to hurt anyone.

  • She was charged with possessing weapons with intent to endanger life.

• 3 giving all your attention to something:

  • an intent look

• 4 determined, esp. in a way that seems silly or harmful:

  • The climbers wereintent on reaching the mountaintop despite the freezing temperatures.

• 5 something that you intend or intended to do:

  • There was clearly no intent to cause harm, and the judge ruled that the injury was accidental.

• 6 the intention to do something:

  • intent to do sth He announced his intent to resign.

  • intent of (doing) sth The intent of business research is to improve the general understanding of the dynamics of the business environment.

  • a letter/statement/declaration of intent

• 7 an intention to do something illegal:

  • The two men did not act with criminal intent.