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Word intend
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / ɪnˈtend / NAmE / ɪnˈtend /
Example
  • we finished later than we had intended.
  • i fully intended (= definitely intended) to pay for the damage.
  • the writer clearly intends his readers to identify with the main character.
  • i don't intend staying long.
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intend

(verb)BrE / ɪnˈtend / NAmE / ɪnˈtend /
  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.
    • 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.
  2. to plan that something should have a particular meaning
    • synonym mean
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mean_1
    • What exactly did you intend by that remark?
    • He intended it as a joke.

    Extra Examples

    • I never intended to hurt you.
    • It was thought that the bomb might have been intended for a visiting MP.
    • She fully intends to continue her sporting career once she has recovered from her injuries.
    • The bomb was probably intended for a well-known human rights campaigner.
    • He intended her no harm.
    • He intends to retire at the end of this year.
    • I don’t intend staying long.
    • I don’t intend to make the same mistake again.
    • I fully intended to pay for the damage.
    • It is intended that production will start at the end of the month.
    • She didn’t intend to kill him.
    • They stayed much longer than they’d originally intended.
    • We finished later than intended.
    • What do you intend to do now?

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they intend
    • he / she / it intends
    • past simple intended
    • past participle intended
    • -ing form intending

    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’.
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