define intend - Search
Open links in new tab
  1. Dictionary
    in·tend
    [inˈtend]
    verb
    intend (verb) · intends (third person present) · intended (past tense) · intended (past participle) · intending (present participle)
    1. have (a course of action) as one's purpose or objective; plan:
      "the company intends to cut about 4,500 jobs" · "it is intended that coverage shall be worldwide"
      • plan that (something) function in a particular way:
        "a series of questions intended as a checklist"
      • plan that speech should have (a particular meaning):
        "no offense was intended, I assure you"
    2. design or destine (someone or something) for a particular purpose or end:
      "this one-roomed cottage was intended to accommodate a family" · "pigs intended for human consumption"
      • (be intended for)
        be meant or designed for (a particular person or group) to have or use:
        "this benefit is intended for people incapable of work" · "a jigsaw puzzle intended for three-year-olds"
    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’.
    Translate intend to
    No translation found.
    Similar and Opposite Words
    verb
    1. have (a course of action) as one's purpose or objective; plan:
      have the/every intention
      have in mind
      have in view
      have plans
      be looking
      be going
      be resolved
      have resolved
      be determined
      have set out
      be plotting
    2. design or destine (someone or something) for a particular purpose or end:
      have the/every intention
      have in mind
      have in view
      have plans
      be looking
      be going
      be resolved
      have resolved
      be determined
      have set out
      be plotting
     
    Kizdar net | Kizdar net | Кыздар Нет
  1. INTEND | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

     
  2. Intend Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

  3. INTEND | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

  4. Intend - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

    If you intend to do something, you mean to do it or have it in mind as a goal. Do you plan on getting your holiday cards in the mail before February this year? Then you intend on getting them out early.

  5. INTEND definition and meaning | Collins English …

    Learn the meaning and usage of the verb intend, which means to plan, design, or mean something. Find synonyms, pronunciation, grammar, and related words for intend.

  6. People also ask
  7. intend verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes ...

  8. Intend - definition of intend by The Free Dictionary

  9. INTEND | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

  10. INTEND - Definition & Translations | Collins English …

    Learn the definition, pronunciation, conjugation, synonyms, and grammar of 'intend' in English. See examples of how to use 'intend' in sentences and translations in other languages.

  11. intend, v. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English …

  12. Intend Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

  13. intend verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes ...

  14. INTEND Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

  15. INTEND - Meaning & Translations | Collins English Dictionary

  16. Intend Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

  17. INTEND definition in American English - Collins Online Dictionary

  18. intend - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

  19. Meaning of intend in Essential English Dictionary - Cambridge …

  20. intend - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

  21. intend | meaning of intend in Longman Dictionary of …