Intent and Scheme

Intent

Intent noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

Usage example: I'm sorry that I hurt your feelings; that wasn't my intent

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Scheme and intent are semantically related. in design topic. In some cases you can use "Scheme" instead a noun "Intent".

Scheme noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.

Usage example: a scheme to upgrade the city's mass transit system

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Intent and scheme are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intent" instead a noun "Scheme".

Nearby Words: schemed, scheming, schema, schemer, schematic

good	good intent	good scheme
exact	exact intent	exact scheme
usual	usual intent	usual scheme
specific	specific intent	specific scheme
Other adjectives: original, sinister, actual, real, evil, little, nefarious, villainous, dark, main, ultimate, general, political, primary, different, giant.

The villain of "Why-Fi" uses a similar scheme, hacking into a home security company's alarms with the intent of forcing the company to give him hush money so he won't go public with the products' flaws.

Source: Series / CSI: Cyber
Zig-zagged with the new Normandy: apparently the intent of the brightly lit steel-and-white colour scheme of the SR2 was to invoke a cold sterile, medical atmosphere compared to the old Normandy.

Source: Ascetic Aesthetic
His intent is that she will use this effect to send Sonic on various wild goose chases, distracting him from the doctor's real scheme.

Source: Favors for the Sexy

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