intend

Universal Words verb 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)