to be intent on something

  • 31donative intent — The conscious desire to make a gift, as distinguished from giving something as a gift by mistake or under pressure. Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Estates, Executors & Probate Court Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Getting Your Affairs in …

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  • 32declaration of intent — statement/​letter/​declaration of intent phrase a formal or official statement that you intend to do something Thesaurus: statements and announcementshyponym Main entry: intent …

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  • 33statement of intent — statement/​letter/​declaration of intent phrase a formal or official statement that you intend to do something Thesaurus: statements and announcementshyponym Main entry: intent …

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  • 34close your eyes to something — phrase to ignore something bad that is happening when you should be doing something to stop it The government cannot close its eyes to this disease. Thesaurus: to pretend something is not happening or is not the casesynonym to ignore something,… …

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  • 35shut your eyes to something — phrase to refuse to pay attention to something, usually something bad We can no longer shut our eyes to what’s happening to these children. Thesaurus: to pretend something is not happening or is not the casesynonym to ignore something, or to not… …

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  • 36letter of intent — A letter in which a person formally sets out his or her intentions to do something, such as signing a contract in certain circumstances, which are often specified in detail in the letter. The letter does not constitute either a contract or a… …

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  • 37letter of intent — /ˌletər əv ɪn tent/ noun a letter which states what a company intends to do if something happens …

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  • 38Law of value — The law of value is a concept in Karl Marx s critique of political economy. Most generally, it refers to a regulative principle of the economic exchange of the products of human work: the relative exchange values of those products in trade,… …

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  • 39fixed — fixedly /fik sid lee, fikst lee/, adv. fixedness, n. /fikst/, adj. 1. fastened, attached, or placed so as to be firm and not readily movable; firmly implanted; stationary; rigid. 2. rendered stable or permanent, as color. 3. set or intent upon… …

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  • 40fixed — [[t]fɪkst[/t]] adj. 1) attached or placed so as to be firm and not readily movable; stationary; rigid 2) rendered stable or permanent, as color 3) set or intent upon something; steadily directed: a fixed stare[/ex] 4) definitely and permanently… …

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