Main entry: design, purpose, aim, intent, intention
Definition: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
Usage: his intent was to provide a new translation; good intentions are not enough; it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs; he made no secret of his designs
Main entry: spirit, intent, purport
Definition: the intended meaning of a communication
Main entry: absorbed, intent, captive, wrapped, engrossed, enwrapped
Definition: giving or marked by complete attention to
Usage: that engrossed look or rapt delight; then wrapped in dreams; so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred- Walter de la Mare; rapt with wonder; wrapped in thought