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intent

intent - noun

What one intends to do or achieve: aim, ambition, design, end, goal, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, point, purpose, target, view, why. See planned. purpose.
The thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse: aim, burden, drift, meaning, purport, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust. See meaning.
That which is signified by a word or expression: acceptation, connotation, denotation, import, meaning, message, purport, sense, significance, significancy, signification, value. See meaning.

Concentrating the mental powers on something: attentive, heedful, regardful. See excite.
Having one's thoughts fully occupied: absorbed, deep, preoccupied, rapt. See awareness. excite.
On an unwavering course of action: bent, decided, determined, fixed, resolute, set. See decide.