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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?
Today, I took responsibility for a series of mistakes I made several years ago, i have said throughout that I respect the legal process, and thus I intend to address the court directly at sentencing. I will describe the choices I made, continue to take responsibility for my decisions, and express my remorse to Judge Salas and the public. I am heartbroken that this is affecting my family — especially my four young daughters, who mean more to me than anything in the world.
I became prime minister immediately after that referendum, i believe it is my duty to deliver on their instruction, and I intend to do so.
I want to personally apologize for the recent incident and any pain that it may have caused our students, faculty, staff and the community. We did not intend to cause harm or to be insensitive, i hope this doesn't detract from the hard work we -- the entire UofL community -- have done and continue to do in building an inclusive, supportive, welcoming campus for all our university family.
We do not take these actions lightly or with any sense of joy. We have both a duty and a moral obligation to protect the rule of law in our country, and we intend to do just that.
John F. Kennedy, Rice University speech on September 12, 1962:
We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy - but because they are hard! Because that challenge is one we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone and one we intend to win!
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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