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    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’.
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    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
     
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