intents
Sayin-TENTS/ɪnˈtɛnts/
- 1Plural of intent.
The court weighed the defendants' intents before deciding the sentence.
The vague wording left both parties' intents open to dispute.
Note
A plural that only the noun can take. Intent is also an adjective meaning fixed, engrossed or unwavering, and that use never adds -s. As a noun it works both as a mass word for purpose and as a count word. The plural appears when separate aims are set side by side, as in law, where intent is the state of mind behind an offense.
intents is a form of intent
intent, noun: An aim or purpose that someone has in mind. Full entry
- Forms
- intentintents plural
- Spelling
- intent → intents: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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