intend, mean, think
(verb) have in mind as a purpose; âI mean no harmâ; âI only meant to help youâ; âShe didnât think to harm meâ; âWe thought to return early that nightâ
intend, destine, designate, specify
(verb) design or destine; âShe was intended to become the directorâ
mean, intend, signify, stand for
(verb) denote or connote; ââmaisonâ means âhouseâ in Frenchâ; âAn example sentence would show what this word meansâ
mean, intend
(verb) mean or intend to express or convey; âYou never understand what I mean!â; âwhat do his words intend?â
Source: WordNet® 3.1
intend (third-person singular simple present intends, present participle intending, simple past and past participle intended)
(ambitransitive, usually followed by the particle "to") To hope; to wish (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
Synonyms: mean, design, plan, purpose
To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
(obsolete) To stretch to extend; distend.
To strain; make tense.
(obsolete) To intensify; strengthen.
To apply with energy.
To bend or turn; direct, as oneâs course or journey.
To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.
• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See English catenative verbs
• mean, mint (UK dialect), foremind (obsolete)
• dentin, indent, tinned
Source: Wiktionary
In*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intended; p. pr. & vb. n. Intending.] Etym: [OE. entenden to be attentive, F. entendre, fr. L. intendre, intentum, and intensum, to intend, attend, stretch out, extend; pref. in- in + tendere to stretch, stretch out. See Tend.]
1. To stretch' to extend; to distend. [Obs.] By this the lungs are intended or remitted. Sir M. Hale.
2. To strain; to make tense. [Obs.] When a bow is successively intended and remedied. Cudworth.
3. To intensify; to strengthen. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. Magnetism may be intended and remitted. Sir I. Newton.
4. To apply with energy. Let him intend his mind, without respite, without rest, in one direction. Emerson.
5. To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey. [Archaic] Shak.
6. To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard. [Obs.] Having no children, she did, with singular care and tenderness, intend the education of Philip. Bacon. My soul, not being able to intend two things at once, abated of its fervency in praying. Fuller.
7. 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. They intended evil against thee. Ps. xxi. 11. To-morrow he intends To hunt the boar with certain of his friends. Shak.
8. To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold. [Obs.] Modesty was made When she was first intended. Beau. & Fl.
9. To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate. [Obs.] Intend a kind of zeal both to the prince and Claudio. Shak.
Syn.
– To purpose; mean; design; plan; conceive; contemplate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
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