[ɪntˈɛnd], [ɪntˈɛnd], [ɪ_n_t_ˈɛ_n_d]
Definitions of intend
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design or destine; " She was intended to become the director"
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mean or intend to express or convey; " You never understand what I mean!"; " what do his words intend?"
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denote or connote; "` maison' means ` house' in French"; " An example sentence would show what this word means"
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have in mind as a purpose; " I mean no harm"; " I only meant to help you"; " She didn't think to harm me"; " We thought to return early that night"
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To stretch' to extend; to distend.
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To strain; to make tense.
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To intensify; to strengthen.
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To apply with energy.
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To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey.
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To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard.
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To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold.
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To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate.
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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.
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To purpose; as, we intend to win the war; mean.
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To fix the mind upon: to design: to purpose.
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To have a design: to purpose.
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To purpose.
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To purpose; design; have an intention; mean.
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To mean; to design; to purpose.
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Usage examples for intend
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You put me in the wrong, Sanders, indeed you do; you may not intend it, but you certainly do me wrong. – The Bishop and the Boogerman by Joel Chandler Harris
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If he had " given himself away" he did not intend to give away Angela. – The Port of Adventure by Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
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Naturally, I intend to find out a great deal more about you, Ellis. – The Lost Wagon by James Arthur Kjelgaard
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I intend to bring Kolbein the Young, his friend. – Poet Lore, Volume XXIV, Number IV, 1912 by Various
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You intend to keep to it? – The New Rector by Stanley J. Weyman
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If you really do intend to give me that money- no one must know about it. – Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers
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I do not intend to make any trouble for you. – Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore by Pauline Lester
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But she did not intend to look as if she were interested. – The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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As I intend to retire into the country where there will be no sort of news, I shall not be able to write you very long letters. – Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by John Keats
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We intend them no harm. – White Fire by John Oxenham
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I intend to stay right here with my brother." – The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop by Hamlin Garland
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I have told you before that I do not intend to do so. – The Monk of Hambleton by Armstrong Livingston
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Yes, that is what I intend – Mogens and Other Stories Mogens; The Plague At Bergamo; There Should Have Been Roses; Mrs. Fonss by Jens Peter Jacobsen
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" But seriously, Thalberg and Vieuxtemps have never done us any harm that we know of, and we don't suppose they intend to. – Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday by Henry C. Lahee
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I have done it just as long as I intend to. – At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern by Myrtle Reed
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But I intend to find out who wrote these things. – Afterwards by Kathlyn Rhodes
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What do you intend to do with yourself as you grow older? – Terry's Trials and Triumphs by J. Macdonald Oxley
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" I really didn't intend to go back right now," she said, " but seeing you've got your heart set on it, I suppose we might as well." – The Ranch at the Wolverine by B. M. Bower
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Shall you- do you intend to see Roger? – The Moon out of Reach by Margaret Pedler
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But of course I intend always to stand by whatever you- all say. – Angel Island by Inez Haynes Gillmore