intend

v., -tend·ed, -tend·ing, -tends.

v.tr.

1. To have in mind; plan: We intend to go. They intend going. You intended that she go.
2. 1. To design for a specific purpose.
   2. To have in mind for a particular use.
3. To signify or mean.

v.intr.
To have a design or purpose in mind.

[Middle English entenden, from Old French entendre, from Latin intendere : in-, toward; see in-² + tendere, to stretch.]

verb

1. To have in mind as a goal or purpose: aim, contemplate, design, mean¹, plan, project, propose, purpose, target. Regional mind. See planned/unplanned, purpose/purposelessness.
2. To have or convey a particular idea: connote, denote, import, mean¹, signify, spell¹. Idioms: add up to. See meaning.

IN BRIEF: To have in mind; plan for some purpose.

Begin somewhere. You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do. — Liz Smith, U.S. Newspaper columnist.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The verb has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: have in mind as a purpose
  Synonyms: mean, think

Meaning #2: design or destine
  Synonyms: destine, designate, specify

Meaning #3: mean or intend to express or convey
  Synonym: mean

Meaning #4: denote or connote
  Synonyms: mean, signify, stand for

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - have til hensigt, tiltænke
v. intr. - mene, agte, påtænke

Nederlands (Dutch)
bedoelen, van plan zijn, in gedachten hebben

Français (French)
v. tr. - vouloir, avoir en tête, viser à, avoir l'intention de
v. intr. - viser à, avoir l'intention de

Deutsch (German)
v. - beabsichtigen, vorhaben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προτίθεμαι, σκοπεύω, σχεδιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
intendere, proporsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - pretender

Русский (Russian)
намереваться, предназначать, подразумевать, направляться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - destinar, querer decir, querer hacer
v. intr. - tener la intención o el propósito de

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ämna, mena

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
计划, 意欲, 打算, 有目的, 有打算, 赶路, 出发

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 計劃, 意欲, 打算
v. intr. - 有目的, 有打算, 趕路, 出發

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~할 작정이다, 지정하다, 의미하다
v. intr. - (고어)시작하다, ~로 출발하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - つもりである, 向けようとする, 意味する, 解釈する, 目的をもつ, 意図する, するつもりである

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعني, يقصد, ينوي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ייעד, חשב, עיצב ל-‬
v. intr. - ‮התכוון‬

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