/ ɪnˈtend; NAmE / verb
1.
to have a plan, result or purpose in your mind when you do sth :
[ v ]
We finished later than we had intended.
[ v to inf ]
I fully intended (= definitely intended) to pay for the damage.
[ vn to inf ]
The writer clearly intends his readers to identify with the main character.
[ v -ing ] ( BrE )
I don't intend staying long.
[ vn ]
The company intends a slow-down in expansion.
[ vnn ]
He intended her no harm (= it was not his plan to harm her) .
[ vn that ]
It is intended that production will start at the end of the month.
[also v that ]
2.
[ vn ] intend sth (by sth) | intend sth (as sth) to plan that sth should have a particular meaning
SYN mean :
What exactly did you intend by that remark?
He intended it as a joke.
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WORD FAMILY
intend verb
intended adjective (≠ unintended )
intention noun
intentional adjective (≠ unintentional )
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WORD 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.