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Definition of intend :
1. To apply with energy.
2. To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey.
3. To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold.
4. To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard.
5. To fix the mind upon ( something to be accomplished); to be intent upon; to mean; to design; to plan; to purpose; - often followed by an infinitely with to, or a dependent clause with that; as, he intends to go; he intends that she shall remain.
6. To intensify; to strengthen.
7. To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate.
8. To strain; to make tense.
9. To stretch' to extend; to distend.
Synonyms:
limit, fix, assign, call up, delineate, cogitate, target, appoint, symbolise, have in mind, fate, condition, stand for, cerebrate, reserve, specialize, project, specialise, peg down, planned, typify, narrow down, opine, represent, narrow, point, dedicate, think, particularize, entail, delimitate, show, correspond, remember, designate, set, delimit, particularise, recollect, qualify, import, doom, stipulate, call back, think of, denominate, symbolize, destine, guess, imagine, retrieve, recall, specify, reckon, meaning, depute, set apart, determine, spell, purpose, suppose, hold still for, nail down, delegate, pin down
intend (part of speech: verb)
expect, scheme, aim, mean, mind, consider, wish, endeavor, resolve, plan, propose, choose
hope (part of speech: verb)
desire, want, assume, dream of, hope, believe, yearn, contemplate, trust, presume, rely, await
mean (part of speech: verb)
imply, describe, indicate, signify, denote, explain, define, connote
plan (part of speech: verb)
chart, arrange, plot, contrive, invent, coordinate, blueprint, design, conceive, anticipate, premeditate
pursue (part of speech: verb)
hunt, dog, sleuth, seek, follow, chase, strive, search, tail, track, trail, undertake, harry, quest, pursue, aspire, stalk
Usage examples:
- Which way do you intend to go- up or down?" - "Richard Dare's Venture", Edward Stratemeyer.
- In another week, or as soon after that as possible, I intend to quit France and never to return to it. - "In the Day of Adversity", John Bloundelle-Burton.
- I didn't intend to be funny. - "The Vision of Desire", Margaret Pedler.