all intents purposes
noun
Idioms 1.
2.
the act or fact of intending, as to do something: criminal intent.
3.
Law. the state of a person's mind that directs his or her actions toward a specific object.
4.
meaning or significance.
5.
to/for all intents and purposes, for all practical purposes; practically speaking; virtually: The book is, to all intents and purposes, a duplication of earlier efforts.
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Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Late Latin intentus an aim, purpose, Latin: a stretching out (inten(dere) to intend + -tus suffix of v. action); replacing Middle English entent(e) < Old French < Late Latin, as above
1175–1225; Middle English < Late Latin intentus an aim, purpose, Latin: a stretching out (inten(dere) to intend + -tus suffix of v. action); replacing Middle English entent(e) < Old French < Late Latin, as above
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intent (ɪnˈtɛnt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | something that is intended; aim; purpose; design |
| 2. | the act of intending |
| 3. | law the will or purpose with which one does an act |
| 4. | implicit meaning; connotation |
| 5. | to all intents and purposes for all practical purposes; virtually |
| —adj | |
| 6. | firmly fixed; determined; concentrated: an intent look |
| 7. | (postpositive; |
| [C13 (in the sense: intention): from Late Latin intentus aim, intent, from Latin: a stretching out; see | |
| in'tently | |
| —adv | |
| in'tentness | |
| —n | |
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intent
"purpose," early 13c., from O.Fr. entente, from L.L. intentus "attention," from L. intentus (fem. intentia), pp. of intendere "stretch out, lean toward, strain," lit. "stretched out" (see intend). Intentionally "on purpose" is from 1660s.
intent
"very attentive," 1606, from L. intentus "attentive, eager, strained," pp. of intendere "to strain, stretch" (see intend).
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