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INTENT
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intent I. adjectiv
1. (on, upon) (despre gânduri, priviri etc.) concentrat (asupra); îndreptat (spre); aţintit (spre); atent (la);
an intent look o privire atentă.
2. intent on / upon atent la, concentrat asupra; zelos în; conştiincios în; cufundat în, absorbit în; dornic să ajungă la; predispus spre; (fam.) nebun după, ahtiat după;
intent on his work zelos / conştiincios în munca lui.
intent II. substantiv
intenţie; scop, ţel, ţintă;
to all intents and purposes a) de fapt, în fapt, în fond; în realitate; b) moralmente (vorbind); virtualmente, practic (vorbind); e) în toate privinţele; oricum ar fi;
(rar) to the intent that cu intenţia de a, cu scopul de a;
with a malicious intent cu o intenţie răutăcioasă.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
Renfield had become, to all intents, as sane as he ever was.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
The man was so intent upon what he was doing that he never heard our steps as we stole across the grass plot.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It appeared to me that he never thought of being observed by anyone; but was so intent upon her, and upon his own thoughts in connexion with her, as to be quite absorbed.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
Of course, you must show your intent and use this day to your advantage.
(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)
Harriet was too intent on the lines to hear.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
Refers to a step in the process of in vitro fertilization (IVF) whereby one or several embryos are removed from an embryo culture and placed into the uterus of the female with the intent to establish a pregnancy.
(Embryo Transfer, NCI Thesaurus)
She was quite impatient to know how the Bath world went on, and how the rooms were attended; and especially was she anxious to be assured of Isabella's having matched some fine netting-cotton, on which she had left her intent; and of her continuing on the best terms with James.
(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)
Till this moment, I had been so intent on watching them, their appearance and conversation had excited in me so keen an interest, I had half-forgotten my own wretched position: now it recurred to me.
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
"What shall I do?" There was fire in his eyes, and his open nostril quivered with intent.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
He was so intent upon his own reflections that he was quite unconscious of my approach.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)