Definitions of intent:

• noun:   the intended meaning of a communication
• noun:   an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

  Example: "His intent was to provide a new translation"

• adjective:   directed with intense concentration

  Example: "An intent gaze"

• adjective:   wholly absorbed as in thought

  Example: "So intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred- Walter de la Mare"