intends

[in·tend]

If you intend to do something, you mean to do it or have it in mind as a goal. Do you plan on getting your holiday cards in the mail before February this year? Then you intend on getting them out early.

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To stretch' to extend; to distend.

Verb
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"

Verb
design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"

Verb
denote or connote; "`maison'' means `house'' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

Verb
mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"

v. t.
To stretch' to extend; to distend.

v. t.
To strain; to make tense.

v. t.
To intensify; to strengthen.

v. t.
To apply with energy.

v. t.
To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey.

v. t.
To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard.

v. t.
To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); to be intent upon; to mean; to design; to plan; to purpose; -- often followed by an infinitely with to, or a dependent clause with that; as, he intends to go; he intends that she shall remain.

v. t.
To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold.

v. t.
To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate.

Intend

In*tend" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intended; p. pr. & vb. n. Intending.] [OE. entenden to be attentive, F. entendre, fr. L. intendre, intentum, and intensum, to intend, attend, stretch out, extend; pref. in- in + tendere to stretch, stretch out. See Tend.] 1. To stretch' to extend; to distend. [Obs.]

By this the lungs are intended or remitted.

2. To strain; to make tense. [Obs.]

When a bow is successively intended and remedied.

3. To intensify; to strengthen. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Magnetism may be intended and remitted.

4. To apply with energy.

Let him intend his mind, without respite, without rest, in one direction.

5. To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey. [Archaic] Shak. 6. To fix the mind on; to attend to; to take care of; to superintend; to regard. [Obs.]

Having no children, she did, with singular care and tenderness, intend the education of Philip.

My soul, not being able to intend two things at once, abated of its fervency in praying.

7. To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); to be intent upon; to mean; to design; to plan; to purpose; -- often followed by an infinitely with to, or a dependent clause with that; as, he intends to go; he intends that she shall remain.

They intended evil against thee.

To-morrow he intends To hunt the boar with certain of his friends.

8. To design mechanically or artistically; to fashion; to mold. [Obs.]

Modesty was made When she was first intended.

9. To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate. [Obs.]

Intend a kind of zeal both to the prince and Claudio.

Syn. -- To purpose; mean; design; plan; conceive; contemplate.

To stretch' to extend; to distend.

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Usage Examples

After adding trillions to the debt on big-government policies most Americans didn't ask for and which we couldn't afford, Democratic leaders say they need more money, which they intend to take from small business, even though small businesses create the majority of new jobs.

Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.

I don't care whether you're driving a hybrid or an SUV. If you're headed for a cliff, you have to change direction. That's what the American people called for in November, and that's what we intend to deliver.

I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.

Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets at work. I have known people who have actually read all, or almost all, the guaranteed Hundred Best Books. God save us from reading nothing but the best.

As efforts to fix this failure at the Veterans Administration continue, I also intend to persist in demanding answers and action on the establishment of a new clinic to serve the veterans in North Central Washington.

God did not intend the human family to be wafted to heaven on flowery beds of ease.

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

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Other Usage Examples

I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day.

I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right.

I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.

A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn't intend to be there.

Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.

I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman.

I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be captured and feel like old-time Christmas. A lot of the traditions haven't been explained in song.