- 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
See intent in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee intent in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishto 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.
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