| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. What one intends to do or achieve: aim, ambition, design, end, goal, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, point, purpose, target, view, why. Idioms: end in view, why and wherefore. See PLANNED, PURPOSE. 2. That which is signified by a word or expression: acceptation, connotation, denotation, import, meaning, message, purport, sense, significance, significancy, signification, value. See MEANING. 3. The thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse: aim, burden2, drift, meaning, purport, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust. See MEANING. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Having one's thoughts fully occupied: absorbed, deep, preoccupied, rapt. Idioms: wrapped up in. See AWARENESS, EXCITE. 2. Concentrating the mental powers on something: attentive, heedful, regardful. Idioms: all ears (or eyes) . See EXCITE. 3. On an unwavering course of action: bent, decided, determined, fixed, resolute, set1. See DECIDE.
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