verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
no pun intended (= used to show you do not mean to make a joke about something )
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The clergy prey (no pun intended) on bereaved families.
sb's intended destination (= where someone is trying to go )
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Strong winds blew the yacht several miles away from its intended destination.
sb’s intended target
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The gunman missed his intended target.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
fully
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Branson had fully intended to keep his word on not seeing or communicating with Joan for three months.
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Smolan maintains he fully intended to go forward with a book from the time he and Negroponte began discussing it.
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The Grange has always been a happy house and still has a faint atmosphere of piety, fully intended by Mr Teulon.
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The pair fully intends to be on stage this weekend, returned to all their companions in the salad bowl.
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There are massive opportunities for a group like Emap in the digital environment and we fully intend to take them.
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After all, the 27-year-old farm worker fully intended to return to work when his 30-minute lunch break was over.
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Last night had completely undermined her resolve, though - as he had fully intended it should.
never
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I never intend to die but to carry on and live for ever!
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I never intended to get preachy.
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War was never intended to be a drab affair.
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The minimum wage is not, and was never intended to be, a basis for supporting families.
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I never intended to say a thing about it.
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Congress, of course, never intended to suspend $ 50 million dams to prolong the dubious existence of obscure fish.
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He had never intended the group to become pop stars - and Rotten's increasingly self-important behaviour was a worry.
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The city never intended to run the center permanently.
originally
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She had originally intended to resell them but found she had grown attached to them and had built shelves in her sitting-room.
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It was originally intended that couples would register their partnerships in local authority registry offices.
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Ironically, the name may carry more meaning than originally intended .
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The grave furniture was not all originally intended for Tutankhamun.
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He'd bought this new sometime in the summer, and hadn't originally intended to work in it.
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That's what I originally intended .
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To its critics, it became a mild tabloid and a very pale imitation of what was originally intended .
to
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So the Megarian decrees had economic effects, and were surely intended to .
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And I don't intend to .
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So we have to somehow resolve that and to address the issue somehow - and we intend to.
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But before I clap eyes on his miserable face, I intend to down as many cups of sack as I can!
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Nor had he ever intended to .
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He hadn't intended to , but he found himself taking off his jeans and shirt and slipping into the pool.
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I don't want to share it with the rest of the bloody world, and I don't intend to.
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But I personally haven't set eyes on it and I don't intend to .
■ NOUN
government
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The first National Government was not intended to be a coalition government in the normal sense of the term.
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Do the Government intend to implement an eco-labelling scheme?
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Does she acknowledge the concern that exists about that aspect and can she explain what action the Government intend to take?
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What do the Government intend to do about that?
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By April 1990 the Government intends to replace the system of local rates with a community charge.
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The government intends to publish a plan by the end of April for closing down all of the country's uranium mines.
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If not, when do the Government intend to have such discussions?
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I hope that the Government do not intend to set a national figure that will apply throughout the country.
use
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Plastics not intended for food use vary: some may leach dye into the water, and some can be toxic.
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Her prow, a cast-iron projection weighing 1, 500 pounds, was intended for use as a ram.
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These are particularly useful if the sack is intended for group use , or for young people who are still growing.
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Rubber and plastic boots are intended for use in very wet places but will not allow the feet to breathe.
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Simple quilting or through stitching is only used on cheaper bags which are intended for summer use only.
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The prize is intended for use in the school to further interest in chemistry.
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Items designed for travel use will have a dual-voltage switch and are intended for use with the relevant plug adaptor.
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Anti-asthmatic paint is intended for use in rooms where asthmatics sleep.