in ‧ tend S2 W1 /ɪnˈtend/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Word Family: adjective : intended ≠ UNINTENDED , ↑ intentional ≠ ↑ unintentional , ↑ intent ; noun : ↑ intent , ↑ intention ; verb : ↑ intend ; adverb : ↑ intentionally ≠ ↑ unintentionally ]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: entendre 'to have as a purpose' , from Latin intendere 'to stretch out, have as a purpose' , from tendere 'to stretch' ]
1 . to have something in your mind as a plan or purpose ⇨ intention
intend to do something
I intend to spend the night there.
intend somebody/something to do something
I didn’t intend her to see the painting until it was finished.
I never intended things to turn out the way they did.
intend that
It is intended that these meetings will become a regular event.
intend doing something
We intend looking at the situation again.
I fully intend (=definitely intend) to return home next year.
REGISTER
In everyday English, people usually say plan to do something or plan on doing something, rather than intend to do something or intend doing something:
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I plan to spend the night there.
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I didn’t plan on things taking so long. OR I didn’t plan for things to take so long.
2 . be intended for somebody/something to be provided or designed for a particular person or purpose:
The book is intended for children aged 5–7.
3 . intended target/victim/destination etc the person, thing, result etc that an action is intended to affect or reach:
It seems likely that General Rogers was the killer’s intended victim.
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THESAURUS
▪ intend to do something to have decided that you want to do something at some time in the future:
He intends to appeal against the decision.
▪ be going to do something especially spoken to intend to do something – used when you have made definite arrangements to do it:
We’re going to have a meeting about it next week.
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I’m going to start karate lessons.
▪ mean to do something especially spoken to intend to do something – used especially when you forget to do something or when something does not happen in the way you intended:
I’ve been meaning to call you for ages.
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Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.
▪ plan to do something to intend to do something – used especially when you have thought carefully about how and when you will do it:
The airline plans to start flights to Thailand in July.
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Jane and Rob are planning to get married next year.
▪ set out to do something to intend to do something – used when someone is very determined and knows clearly what they want to do:
He set out to make a movie that would challenge people’s prejudices.
▪ aim to do something to intend to do something – used when saying what someone hopes to achieve:
We aim to finish the work by next week.
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The film aims to explain global warming and what people can do about it.
▪ propose to do something formal to intend to do something – used when saying what someone suggests doing:
How do you propose to deal with the situation?
▪ have somebody/something in mind to imagine that something is the kind of thing that you want to happen, or that someone is the person you want to choose:
‘How about going out for a pizza?’ ‘That wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.’
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Who do you have in mind?
▪ have no intention of doing something to have decided that you will definitely not do something:
Tom has no intention of retiring just yet.
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The government has no intention of lifting the ban.