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intend en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈtɛnd/
• (US) audio
• ĭn-tĕndʹ

Etymology

From Middle English intenden, entenden (“direct (one’s) attention towards”), borrowed from Old French entendre, from Latin intendō, intendere. See also intensive. Doublet of entendre. Largely displaced native Old English myntan (“to mean, intend; to think, suppose”), whence dialectal mint.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive, followed by particle "to" + verb, qualifier:or "on"/"upon" + noun, usually) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
   • After I've finished my contract I never intend to teach teenagers again.
   • He intends to go to university.
   • They evidently intended some mischief.
   • She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill. 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
   • The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
   • In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way. 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
2. To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
3. (obsolete) To stretch to extend; distend.
4. To strain; make tense.
5. (obsolete) To intensify; strengthen.
   • Dotage, fatuity, or folly […] is for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others […]. , Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.139
6. To apply with energy.
7. To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
8. To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
9. To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.

Forms

Deriveds

intender · intendingly · misintend · intendment · unintending · intendable · as God intended · foreintend

Relateds

intensive · intention · intension · intense · intent

Synonyms

plan · mean to · mint · design · have a mind to · foremind · think · purport · purpose · mean · propose

Translations (114)

fur intindi (to fix the mind upon a goal) · cy bwriadu (to fix the mind upon a goal) · id berniat (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ja 意図する (to fix the mind upon a goal) · et kavatsema (to fix the mind upon a goal) · tr niyet etmek (to fix the mind upon a goal) · da have til hensigt (to fix the mind upon a goal) · pl zamierzać (to fix the mind upon a goal) · sh намјера́вати (to fix the mind upon a goal) · fi aikoa (to fix the mind upon a goal) · az niyyət etmək (to fix the mind upon a goal) · pt tencionar (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ca intentar (to fix the mind upon a goal) · be планава́ць (to fix the mind upon a goal) · lv nadomāt (to fix the mind upon a goal) · hu szándékozik (to fix the mind upon a goal) · hi इरादा रखना (to fix the mind upon a goal) · hu akar (to fix the mind upon a goal) · sco ettle (to fix the mind upon a goal) · fa آهنگ داشتن (to fix the mind upon a goal) · mk има намера (to fix the mind upon a goal) · it avere in animo (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ko 의도(意圖)하다 (to fix the mind upon a goal) · fo ætla (to fix the mind upon a goal) · sk mať v úmysle (to fix the mind upon a goal) · sk zamýšľať (to fix the mind upon a goal) · de vorhaben (to fix the mind upon a goal) · fa قصد داشتن (to fix the mind upon a goal) · mg mikasa (to fix the mind upon a goal) · hy մտադիր լինել (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ru плани́ровать (to fix the mind upon a goal) · hy պատրաստվել (to fix the mind upon a goal) · cs plánovat (to fix the mind upon a goal) · egy ib:Z1 (to fix the mind upon a goal) · mi whakakoro (to fix the mind upon a goal) · es tener la intención de (to fix the mind upon a goal) · th ตั้งใจ (to fix the mind upon a goal) · mi mea (to fix the mind upon a goal) · bg планирам (to fix the mind upon a goal) · tg ният доштан (to fix the mind upon a goal) · mi koro (to fix the mind upon a goal) · sh namjerávati (to fix the mind upon a goal) · hi प्रयोजन रखना (to fix the mind upon a goal) · vi có ý định (to fix the mind upon a goal) · mi kapatau (to fix the mind upon a goal) · sk hodlať (to fix the mind upon a goal) · lv domāt (to fix the mind upon a goal) · cs hodlat (to fix the mind upon a goal) · sl nameravati (to fix the mind upon a goal) · cmn 想要 (to fix the mind upon a goal) · sh namerávati (to fix the mind upon a goal) · vi định (to fix the mind upon a goal) · lt manyti (to fix the mind upon a goal) · es pretender (to fix the mind upon a goal) · wa awè idêye (to fix the mind upon a goal) · la volo (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ja つもりである (to fix the mind upon a goal) · sv planera (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ar قَصَدَ (to fix the mind upon a goal) · kk ниеттену (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ga tá faoi (to fix the mind upon a goal) · de beabsichtigen (to fix the mind upon a goal) · el σκοπεύω (to fix the mind upon a goal) · bg възнамерявам (to fix the mind upon a goal) · nl van plan zijn (to fix the mind upon a goal) · eo intenci (to fix the mind upon a goal) · tg қасд доштан (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ar تَعَمَّدَ (to fix the mind upon a goal) · sh намера́вати (to fix the mind upon a goal) · cmn 意圖 /意图 (to fix the mind upon a goal) · sk plánovať (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ka განზრახვა (to fix the mind upon a goal) · uk намі́ритись (to fix the mind upon a goal) · lt ketinti (to fix the mind upon a goal) · cmn 打算 (to fix the mind upon a goal) · es intencionar (to fix the mind upon a goal) · la habeo in animo (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ru собира́ться (to fix the mind upon a goal) · uk планува́ти (to fix the mind upon a goal) · fr avoir l'intention (to fix the mind upon a goal) · hy մտադրվել (to fix the mind upon a goal) · fa بر آن بودن (to fix the mind upon a goal) · hu szán (to fix the mind upon a goal) · sv ämna (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ro a intenționa (to fix the mind upon a goal) · sv avse (to fix the mind upon a goal) · fr prévoir (to fix the mind upon a goal) · hy ծրագրել (to fix the mind upon a goal) · be збіра́цца (to fix the mind upon a goal) · cs mít v úmyslu (to fix the mind upon a goal) · mt beħsiebni (to fix the mind upon a goal) · uz niyat qilmoq (to fix the mind upon a goal) · nb ha til hensikt (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ur ارادہ کرنا (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ru намерева́ться (to fix the mind upon a goal) · hi नीयत करना (to fix the mind upon a goal) · pt pretender (to fix the mind upon a goal) · lv iecerēt (to fix the mind upon a goal) · uk ма́ти на́мір (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ur قصد کرنا (to fix the mind upon a goal) · mi takune (to fix the mind upon a goal) · it intendere (to fix the mind upon a goal) · hu tervez (to fix the mind upon a goal) · cs zamýšlet (to fix the mind upon a goal) · uk збира́тися (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ky ниеттенүү (to fix the mind upon a goal) · de intendieren (to fix the mind upon a goal) · chr ᎤᏰᎸᎭ (to fix the mind upon a goal) · fur volê (to fix the mind upon a goal) · es la intención de... ser (to fix the mind upon a goal) · be наме́рвацца (to fix the mind upon a goal) · mk плани́ра (to fix the mind upon a goal) · ar نَوَى (to fix the mind upon a goal) · be мець наме́р (to fix the mind upon a goal)