· an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs"
Synonym(s): purpose, intention, aim, design
· the intended meaning of a communication
Hypernym(s): meaning, significance, signification, import
· giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "enwrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"
Synonym(s): captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, wrapped