Intend

Verb

 * 1)  To stretch to extend; distend.
 * 2) To strain; make tense.
 * 3)  To intensify; strengthen.
 * 4) *1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p. 139:
 * Dotage, fatuity, or folly [...] is for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others [...].
 * 1) To apply with energy.
 * 2) To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
 * 3) To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
 * 4) To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); be intent upon; mean; design; plan; purpose.
 * 5) To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
 * 6) To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.

Synonyms

 * mean, foremind

Adverbs for Intend
characteristically; primarily; virtually; incalculably; originally; complimentarily; ostensibly; wantonly; subtly; unquestionably; maliciously; tyrannically; amiably; cruelly; dictatorially; loyally; jocularly; irreverently.

Thesaurus
add up to, aim, aim at, aim to, arrange, aspire after, aspire to, assign, attempt, be after, calculate, cast, concert, connote, contemplate, contrive, cut out, denote, design, designate, desire, destine, determine, devise, drive at, endeavor, essay, express, figure, forecast, frame, go for, harbor a design, have every intention, have in mind, import, intend to, lay plans, look forward to, make a projection, make arrangements, mean, mean to, methodize, mind, organize, plan, plan ahead, plot, prearrange, program, project, propose, propose to, purport, purpose, rationalize, resolve, resolve to, schedule, schematize, scheme, set up, shape, signify, spell, strive, systematize, think, try, work out, work up

Etymology
From entend, “direct (one’s) attention towards”, from  entendre, from  intendere.

Translations

 * Arabic: تعمد, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  意圖,  意图
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:, avoir l'intention
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,  ,


 * Japanese: つもりである, 意図する
 * Persian: آهنگ داشتن, بر آن بودن
 * Portuguese: pretender
 * Russian: намереваться (namerevát’sja), планировать (planírovat’),
 * Ukrainian: наміритись, планувати
 * Welsh: bwriadu


 * French:, ,


 * Volapük: desinön


 * Finnish: aikoa (7)

Related terms

 * intensive
 * intent

Anagrams

 * dentin
 * indent
 * tinned