Intended Intend I ɪnˈtend Fully Originally Verb Finished

• we finished later than we had intended.
• i fully intended (= definitely intended) to pay for the damage.
• i never intended to hurt you.
• the train we had originally intended to catch had already left.

intend

Word Family

• intend verb
• intended adjective (≠ unintended)
• intention noun
• intentional adjective (≠ unintentional)
• intentionally adverb (≠ unintentionally)

Verb Forms

1. to have a plan, result or purpose in your mind when you do something
• We finished later than we had intended.
• I fully intended (= definitely intended) to pay for the damage.
• I never intended to hurt you.
• The train we had originally intended to catch had already left.
• The writer clearly intends his readers to identify with the main character.
• I don't intend staying long.
• The company intends a slow-down in expansion.
• He intended her no harm (= it was not his plan to harm her).
• It is intended that production will start next month.
• We intend that production will start next month.

Extra Examples

• She fully intends to continue her sporting career once she has recovered from her injuries.
• He intends to retire at the end of this year.
• I don't intend to make the same mistake again.
• She didn't intend to kill him.
• They stayed much longer than they'd originally intended.
• What do you intend to do now?
2. to plan that something should have a particular meaning
• SYNONYM mean
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mean_2
• What exactly did you intend by that remark?
• He intended it as a joke.

Word Origin

• Middle English entend (in the sense ‘direct the attention to’), from Old French entendre, from Latin intendere ‘intend, extend, direct’, from in- ‘towards’ + tendere ‘stretch, tend’.