intend

  • 21intend — verb 1》 have as one s aim or plan.     ↘(intend something as/to do something) plan that something should be or act as something.     ↘plan that speech should have (a particular meaning). 2》 (intend for/to do something) design or destine for a… …

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  • 22intend — /ɪnˈtɛnd / (say in tend) verb (t) 1. to have in mind as something to be done or brought about: he intends to enlist. 2. to design or mean for a particular purpose, use, recipient, etc.: a book intended for reference. 3. to design to express or… …

  • 23intend — See aim. See aim, intend …

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  • 24intend — Synonyms and related words: add up to, aim, aim at, aim to, arrange, aspire after, aspire to, assign, attempt, be after, calculate, cast, concert, connote, contemplate, contrive, cut out, denote, design, designate, desire, destine, determine,… …

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  • 25intend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. See intention. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To have in mind as a purpose] Syn. propose, plan, purpose, aim, expect, mean, be resolved to, be determined to, aspire to, have in view, hope to, contemplate,… …

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  • 26intend — [14] The Latin verb intendere (a compound formed from the prefix in ‘towards’ and tendere ‘stretch’) had a variety of metaphorical meanings, some of which have come through into English. Principal among them was ‘form a plan or purpose’, an… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 27intend — in•tend [[t]ɪnˈtɛnd[/t]] v. t. 1) to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan: We intend to leave in a month[/ex] 2) to design or mean for a particular purpose, use, or recipient: a fund intended for emergency use only[/ex] 3)… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28intend — To intend is to fix the mind upon; to have a design; to purpose. People v Vanderpool, 1 Mich NP 264, 267 …

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  • 29intend — [14] The Latin verb intendere (a compound formed from the prefix in ‘towards’ and tendere ‘stretch’) had a variety of metaphorical meanings, some of which have come through into English. Principal among them was ‘form a plan or purpose’, an… …

    Word origins

  • 30Intend Change — was a consulting business launched in 1999 by Joe Firmage, Toby Corey, Wayne Tsuchitani, and Bruce Gilpin. Operating out of Palo Alto, California, it leased offices from USWeb/CKS, another consulting firm started by Firmage and Corey, where Corey …

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