Intend

Quick meaning: Intend is a verb meaning To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.

Meaning

To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.

More Meanings

1. To strain; make tense.
2. To apply with energy.
3. To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
4. To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
5. (ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
6. (obsolete) To stretch to extend; distend.
7. (obsolete) To intensify; strengthen.

Example Sentences

He intends to go to university.

They evidently intended some mischief.

After I've finished my contract I never intend to teach teenagers again.

Dotage, fatuity, or folly […] is for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others […].

Word Forms

• intends
• intending
• intended
• intendest
• intendedst
• intendeth

Synonyms for intend

Depending on context, synonyms include design, plan, think, propose, purpose, foremind.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include think, specify, designate, signify, hope, wish.

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