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in⋅tend
[in-tend]
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan: We intend to leave in a month. |
| 2. | to design or mean for a particular purpose, use, recipient, etc.: a fund intended for emergency use only. |
| 3. | to design to express or indicate, as by one's words; refer to. |
| 4. | (of words, terms, statements, etc.) to mean or signify. |
| 5. | Archaic. to direct (the eyes, mind, etc.). |
| 6. | to have a purpose or design. |
| 7. | Obsolete. to set out on one's course. |
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Language Translation for : intend
| Spanish: | tener la intención de, querer, | German: | beabsichtigen,meinen, | Japanese: | 意図する |
| in·tend
(ĭn-těnd') Pronunciation Key
v. in·tend·ed, in·tend·ing, in·tends v. tr.
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; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] |
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intend
c.1300, "direct one's attention to," from O.Fr. intendre "to direct one's attention," from L. intendere "turn one's attention, strain," lit. "stretch out, extend," from in- "toward" + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Sense of "have as a plan" (1390) was present in Latin. A Gmc. word for this was ettle, from O.N. ætla "to think, conjecture, propose," from P.Gmc. *ahta "consideration, attention" (cf. O.E. eaht, Ger. acht). Intended (n.) "one's intended husband or wife" is from 1767.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| intend | |
verb | |
| 1. | 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" |
| 2. | design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" |
| 3. | mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" [syn: mean] |
| 4. | denote or connote; "'maison' means 'house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means" [syn: mean] |
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Intend
En*tend"\, v. i. [F. entendre, fr. L. intendere. See Intend.] To attend to; to apply one's self to. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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