1 to have a plan, result or purpose in your mind when you do sth:
[V] We finished later than intended. * [Vtoinf] I fully intended (= definitely intended) to pay for the damage. * [VNtoinf] The writer clearly intends his readers to identify with the main character. * [V-ing] (BrE) I don't intend staying long. * [VN] The company intends a slow-down in expansion. * [VNN] He intended her no harm (= it was not his plan to harm her). * [VNthat] It is intended that production will start at the end of the month. [also Vthat]
2 [VN] ~ sth (by sth)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for intend is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is intend a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, intend is tagged as verb.
Does intend appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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