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Synonyms for intend
ɪnˈtɛndin·tend
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Wiktionary
intendverb
intendverb
To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); be intent upon; mean; design; plan; purpose.
intendverb
To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
intendverb
To stretch to extend; distend.
intendverb
To strain; make tense.
intendverb
To intensify; strengthen.
intendverb
To apply with energy.
intendverb
To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
intendverb
To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
intendverb
To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.
Princeton's WordNet
intend, mean, thinkverb
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"
Synonyms:
entail, call back, signify, guess, recollect, imagine, mean, consider, retrieve, call up, destine, reckon, suppose, stand for, imply, cogitate, specify, conceive, designate, think, cerebrate, recall, remember, think of, opine, have in mind, believeintend, destine, designate, specifyverb
design or destine
"She was intended to become the director"
Synonyms:
fate, qualify, narrow, peg down, show, fix, nail down, delineate, stand for, point, pin down, doom, determine, indicate, particularize, assign, specify, think, signify, delegate, destine, designate, specialize, mean, depute, delimit, specialise, stipulate, delimitate, define, limit, denominate, condition, particularise, set, narrow down, set apartmean, intendverb
mean or intend to express or convey
"You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"
Synonyms:
stand for, designate, entail, specify, have in mind, destine, signify, mean, think, imply, think ofmean, intend, signify, stand forverb
denote or connote
"`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"
Synonyms:
entail, signify, mean, typify, hold still for, represent, destine, stand for, imply, symbolise, specify, have in mind, designate, think, correspond, think of, symbolize
Dictionary of English Synonymes
intendverb
Synonyms:
mean, design, purpose, meditate, contemplate, COMPASS, propose to one's self, have in view, think of, aim at, drive atintendverb
Synonyms:
mean, purpose, design, have the intention, propose to one's self
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
intendverb
Synonyms:
design, purpose, propose, contemplate, plan
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#189 | set | |
#268 | show | |
#325 | think | |
#438 | point | |
#979 | remember | |
#1008 | mean | |
#1067 | condition | |
#1069 | believe | |
#1528 | consider | |
#1736 | hear | |
#1914 | determine | |
#2110 | limit | |
#2193 | intended | |
#2233 | define | |
#2464 | fix | |
#2773 | guess | |
#2976 | represent | |
#3159 | indicate | |
#3823 | specify | |
#3889 | narrow | |
#4090 | imagine | |
#5370 | recall | |
#5416 | suppose | |
#5534 | intent | |
#6428 | qualify | |
#7295 | intention | |
#7888 | fate | |
#8011 | assign | |
#8514 | retrieve | |
#8834 | intend | |
#8838 | doom | |
#10787 | imply | |
#11722 | delegate | |
#11919 | correspond | |
#12726 | specialize | |
#13120 | designate | |
#22827 | conceive | |
#23658 | specialise | |
#24187 | reckon | |
#25856 | entail | |
#29166 | signify | |
#43763 | delineate | |
#45058 | symbolize | |
#45303 | stipulate | |
#56740 | recollect | |
#90372 | delimit | |
#97587 | opine | |
#112350 | symbolise | |
#115369 | typify | |
#154121 | depute | |
#187258 | destine | |
#245110 | denominate | |
#309992 | cogitate |
How to use intend in a sentence?
Interior Minister Angelino Alfano:
I have informed the cabinet that I intend to empower the prefect of Rome so that he can oversee projects and planning with the mayor in eight especially delicate areas.
Let me be clear : I'm running for reelection, and I intend to win.
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant:
Our office has talked to the Texas attorney general's office and I intend, as soon as possible, to join the lawsuit against this latest example of federal overreach.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer:
Of course I didn't intend to suggest anything other than political and public opinion consequences for the Supreme Court, and it is a gross distortion to imply otherwise. I'm from Brooklyn. We speak in strong language. I shouldn't have used the words I did, but in no way was I making a threat. I never, never would do such a thing. And Leader( Mitch) McConnell knows that. And Republicans who are busy manufacturing outrage over these comments know that, too.
It's similar to false advertising, the malware developers promise something they never intend to delivery, a working Fortnite for Android game. Even worse, they steal from the legitimate Apple iOS version to mislead users.
Translations for intend
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- نوى, قصد, تعمدArabic
- zamýšletCzech
- bwriaduWelsh
- beabsichtigen, vorhabenGerman
- σκοπεύωGreek
- intenciiEsperanto
- pretender, intentarSpanish
- بر آن بودن, آهنگ داشتنPersian
- aikoa, pyrkiäFinnish
- ætlaFaroese
- avoir l'intention, concevoir, envisager, prévoirFrench
- szándékozik, akar, tervez, szánHungarian
- intendereItalian
- 意図する, つもりである, 意図しますJapanese
- habeo in animo, voloLatin
- takune, whakakoroMāori
- zamierzaćPolish
- pretenderPortuguese
- планировать, собираться, намереватьсяRussian
- திட்டமிட்டுள்ளீர்கள்Tamil
- наміритись, плануватиUkrainian
- desinönVolapük
- 打算Chinese
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