adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɪnˈtɛnt/
rhymes with -ɛnt
CMU ARPABET:IH2 N T EH1 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Firmly fixed or concentrated on something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a mind intent on self-improvement
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Engrossed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
adj
Meaning 3
Unwavering from a course of action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
noun
Meaning 4
Something that is intended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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5
noun
Meaning 5
The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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6
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
giving or marked by complete attention to- Walter de la Mare
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
that engrossed look or rapt delight
then wrapped in dreams
so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred
Existing since Middle English entente, from Old French entent or entente, ultimately from Latin intentus. Modified later in spelling to align more closely with the Latin word. Compare intention.
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
решен
(rešen)
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Bulgarian:
настойчив
(nastojčiv)
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Chinese Mandarin:
一心一意
(yīxīnyīyì)
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Chinese Mandarin:
決意 /决意
(juéyì)
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Finnish:
keskittynyt
— firmly fixed or concentrated
French:
résolu
— firmly fixed or concentrated
French:
déterminé
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Greek:
προσηλωμένος
(prosiloménos)
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Hungarian:
törekvő
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Hungarian:
fókuszált
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Hungarian:
koncentrált
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Latin:
intentus
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Māori:
waweroka
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Māori:
tare
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Russian:
сосредо́точенный
(sosredótočennyj)
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Russian:
при́стальный
(prístalʹnyj)
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Spanish:
concentrado
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Spanish:
entregado
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Spanish:
decidido
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Spanish:
resuelto
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Spanish:
temoso
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Ottoman Turkish:
مشغول
(meşgul)
— firmly fixed or concentrated
Bulgarian:
погълнат
(pogǎlnat)
— engrossed
Finnish:
keskittynyt
— engrossed
Greek:
αφοσιωμένος
(afosioménos)
— engrossed
Hungarian:
belemerült
— engrossed
Hungarian:
merült
— engrossed
Hungarian:
leköti
— engrossed
Māori:
tāuteute
— engrossed
Ottoman Turkish:
مشغول
(meşgul)
— engrossed
Ottoman Turkish:
دركار
(derkâr)
— engrossed
Bulgarian:
непоколебим
(nepokolebim)
— unwavering
Finnish:
vakaasti päättänyt
— unwavering
Finnish:
määrätietoinen
— unwavering
Finnish:
vakaa
— unwavering
French:
buté
— unwavering
Greek:
έμμονος
(émmonos)
— unwavering
Hungarian:
elszánt
— unwavering
Hungarian:
eltökélt
— unwavering
Māori:
ngana
— unwavering
Māori:
waweruka
— unwavering
Spanish:
inquebrantable
— unwavering
Spanish:
inexorable
— unwavering
Arabic:
نِيَّة
(niyya)
— something that is intended
Basque:
asmo
— something that is intended
Bulgarian:
цел
(cel)
— something that is intended
Bulgarian:
намерение
(namerenie)
— something that is intended
Chinese Mandarin:
意圖 /意图
(yìtú)
— something that is intended
Czech:
záměr
— something that is intended
Czech:
úmysl
— something that is intended
Czech:
cíl
— something that is intended
Dutch:
bedoeling
— something that is intended
Esperanto:
celo
— something that is intended
Finnish:
tarkoitus
— something that is intended
French:
intention
— something that is intended
German:
Absicht
— something that is intended
Greek:
πρόθεση
(próthesi)
— something that is intended
Greek:
επιδίωξη
(epidíoxi)
— something that is intended
Greek:
σκοπός
(skopós)
— something that is intended
Hindi:
इच्छा
(icchā)
— something that is intended
Hungarian:
szándék
— something that is intended
Italian:
intento
— something that is intended
Central Kurdish:
ئامانج
(amanc)
— something that is intended
Norwegian Bokmål:
akt
— something that is intended
Persian:
نیت
— something that is intended
Plautdietsch:
Väanämen
— something that is intended
Portuguese:
intenção
— something that is intended
Russian:
наме́рение
(namérenije)
— something that is intended
Slovak:
zámer
— something that is intended
Slovak:
úmysel
— something that is intended
Slovak:
ciel
— something that is intended
Spanish:
intención
— something that is intended
Spanish:
intento
— something that is intended
Spanish:
propósito
— something that is intended
Swedish:
avsikt
— something that is intended
Swedish:
intention
— something that is intended
Turkish:
amaç
— something that is intended
Turkish:
kasıt
— something that is intended
Ukrainian:
намір
(namir)
— something that is intended
Vietnamese:
ý đồ
— something that is intended
Vietnamese:
ý định
— something that is intended
Bulgarian:
умисъл
(umisǎl)
— state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence
Chinese Mandarin:
犯罪动机
— state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence
Finnish:
aikomus
— state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence
Greek:
πρόθεση
(próthesi)
— state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence
Hungarian:
szándékosság
— state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence
Russian:
у́мысел
(úmysel)
— state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence
Spanish:
intención
— state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence
Swedish:
uppsåt
— state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence
Turkish:
niyet
— state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence
Turkish:
kasıt
— state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence
Ukrainian:
умисел
(umysel)
— state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence
Vietnamese:
động cơ
— state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence
Vietnamese:
động cơ gây án
— state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence