Intend - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɪnˈtend|  American pronunciation of the word intend
Brit.  |ɪnˈtend|  British pronunciation of the word intend

verb

- have in mind as a purpose (syn: mean, think)
- design or destine (syn: designate, destine, specify)
She was intended to become the director
- mean or intend to express or convey (syn: mean)
what do his words intend?
- denote or connote (syn: mean, signify)

Extra examples

I didn't intend any disrespect.

We intended that she come with us.

We intended going to Rome.

The second son is intended for the army, and the third for the sciences.

I intend to spend the night there.

I didn't intend her to see the painting until it was finished.

I never intended things to turn out the way they did.

It is intended that these meetings will become a regular event.

We intend looking at the situation again.

I fully intend to return home next year.

She was intended to become the director

She never made a promise that she didn't intend to keep.

I don't intend to cavil or compromise.

She didn't intend to downgrade the importance of her colleague's work.

...we intend to be joined in matrimony until “death do us part”...

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: intend
he/she/it: intends
present participle: intending
past tense: intended
past participle: intended
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