Intent

Definition

intent /Çn'tent/ adj ၁။ စူးစူးစိုက္စိုက္ (အၾကည့္၊ မ်က္ႏွာထား)။ watch with an intent gaze/ look/ expression. ၂။ ~ on/ upon sth/ doing sth (က) ယတိျပတ္ ဆံုးျဖတ္ထား[ေသာ]။ သႏၷိ႒ာန္ခ်ထား[ေသာ]။ be intent on promotion/ getting promoted. (ခ) အာ႐ံုစူးစိုက္[ေသာ]။ I was so intent on my work that I didn't notice the time. n [U] ~ (to do sth) ( fml or law ) အႀကံ။ ရည္ရြယ္ခ်က္။ arrest sb for loitering with intent (ie for apparently intending to commit a crime) ❍ His intent was to undermine their confidence. ❏ intently adv စူးစူးစိုက္စိုက္။ မမိွတ္မသုန္။ I listened intently to what she had to say. ❏ to all intents and purposes [ IDM ] လက္ေတြ႕အားျဖင့္။ အမွန္အားျဖင့္။ The Warsaw Pact has to all intents and purposes ceased to exist.

Examples

1. [someone’s intent to do something] : The government has declared its intent to put the railways into private ownership.
2. [with intent (to do something)] : He’s been charged with possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.