intents

NOUN

aim, purpose

Synonyms

WEAK

acceptation animus bottom line conation design desire drift end goal heart hope idea import intendment meaning meat name of the game nature notion nub nuts and bolts object objective plan point project purport scheme score sense significance significancy signification target understanding volition will wish

Example Sentences

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“For all intents and purposes, that seems to be unprecedented,” said Dan Russo, co-chief investment officer and a chartered market technician at Potomac.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

“The consumer, for all intents and purposes, pays the tariff,” it added.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

The two women — complete strangers, for all intents and purposes — are jittery around each other until they discover how much they have in common.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

Hulu, for all intents and purposes, will exist only in ghost form.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2025

“I would have told him his father was dead,” I said, “as he certainly is to all intents and purposes. It would have been easier.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya