Connotation and Intent

noun

• What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression.
  • synonyms: intension
• An idea that is implied or suggested. .

(n.) The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

noun

• 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"
  • synonyms: purpose, intention, aim, design
• The intended meaning of a communication.
  • synonyms: purport, spirit

adjective

• 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"
  • synonyms: captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, wrapped

• (a.) Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.
• (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.
• (a.) Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; -- formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on business or pleasure.