Intent and Scope

Intent

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

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Scope and intent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scope" instead a noun "Intent".

Scope noun - An area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends.

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Intent and scope are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intent" instead a noun "Scope".

Nearby Words: scoped, scop, scoping

good	good intent	good scope
full	full intent	full scope
exact	exact intent	exact scope
usual	usual intent	usual scope
Other adjectives: original, true, sheer, powerful, actual, little, main, general.

Providence is vastly more ambitious in its scope and intent.

Source: Comic Book / Providence
This can be taken as the G-rated "horror-scope" or the PG-13 "whore-a-scope", which was clearly by intent.

Source: Series / Full House
Like we said, it's the greatest operation in the history of human conflict—be it in terms of intent, scope, scale, or numbers.

Source: World War II / War In Europe And Africa

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