Meaning of "intend" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INTEND

From Latin intendere to stretch forth, give one's attention to, from tendere to stretch.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF INTEND

intend  [ɪnˈtɛnd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTEND

Intend is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb intend in English.

WHAT DOES INTEND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Intend

Intend, and its variations, may refer to: ▪ Intendant, the holder of a public administrative office in several countries ▪ Intended, a person engaged or betrothed to be married ▪ Intended reader, a member of a target audience ▪ Intending cross or memorial cross to commemorate an event ▪ Intend Change, a 1999 consulting business...

Definition of intend in the English dictionary

The first definition of intend in the dictionary is to propose or plan ; have in mind; mean. Other definition of intend is often foll by for to design or destine. Intend is also to mean to express or indicate.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INTEND

PRESENT

Present

I intend

you intend

he/she/it intends

we intend

you intend

they intend

Present continuous

I am intending

you are intending

he/she/it is intending

we are intending

you are intending

they are intending

Present perfect

I have intended

you have intended

he/she/it has intended

we have intended

you have intended

they have intended

Present perfect continuous

I have been intending

you have been intending

he/she/it has been intending

we have been intending

you have been intending

they have been intending

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I intended

you intended

he/she/it intended

we intended

you intended

they intended

Past continuous

I was intending

you were intending

he/she/it was intending

we were intending

you were intending

they were intending

Past perfect

I had intended

you had intended

he/she/it had intended

we had intended

you had intended

they had intended

Past perfect continuous

I had been intending

you had been intending

he/she/it had been intending

we had been intending

you had been intending

they had been intending

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will intend

you will intend

he/she/it will intend

we will intend

you will intend

they will intend

Future continuous

I will be intending

you will be intending

he/she/it will be intending

we will be intending

you will be intending

they will be intending

Future perfect

I will have intended

you will have intended

he/she/it will have intended

we will have intended

you will have intended

they will have intended

Future perfect continuous

I will have been intending

you will have been intending

he/she/it will have been intending

we will have been intending

you will have been intending

they will have been intending

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would intend

you would intend

he/she/it would intend

we would intend

you would intend

they would intend

Conditional continuous

I would be intending

you would be intending

he/she/it would be intending

we would be intending

you would be intending

they would be intending

Conditional perfect

I would have intend

you would have intend

he/she/it would have intend

we would have intend

you would have intend

they would have intend

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been intending

you would have been intending

he/she/it would have been intending

we would have been intending

you would have been intending

they would have been intending

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you intend
we let´s intend
you intend

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to intend

Past participle

intended

Present Participle

intending

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «INTEND»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «intend» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of intend

aim · consign · contemplate · design · destine · determine · earmark · envisage · foresee · mean · plan · propose · purpose · scheme

TRANSLATION OF INTEND

Find out the translation of intend to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of intend from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intend» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 打算
• Translator English - Spanish: tener la intención de
• English: intend
• Translator English - Hindi: इरादा
• Translator English - Arabic: يَعْتَزِمُ
• Translator English - Russian: намереваться
• Translator English - Portuguese: pretender
• Translator English - Bengali: মনস্থ করা
• Translator English - French: avoir l’intention de
• Translator English - Malay: Berhasrat
• Translator English - German: beabsichtigen
• Translator English - Japanese: ･･･するつもりだ
• Translator English - Korean: ...할 작정이다
• Translator English - Javanese: Intend
• Translator English - Vietnamese: có ý định
• Translator English - Tamil: திட்டமிட்டுள்ளீர்கள்
• Translator English - Marathi: हेतू
• Translator English - Turkish: niyet etmek
• Translator English - Italian: avere intenzione
• Translator English - Polish: zamierzyć
• Translator English - Ukrainian: мати намір
• Translator English - Romanian: a intenționa
• Translator English - Greek: σκοπεύω να
• Translator English - Afrikaans: van plan
• Translator English - Swedish: avse att
• Translator English - Norwegian: mene

10 QUOTES WITH «INTEND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word intend.

1

Sandy Adams

I know that there are many on the Space Coast who are already attempting to address job creation and I intend to support them in every way possible. I will be a hands-on participant.

2

Rodney Alexander

I absolutely intend to return every penny given to me by my Democratic colleagues and Democratic leaders.

3

Michael Anti

Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. But also, it gave the Chinese a national public sphere for people to, it's like a training of their citizenship, preparing for future democracy.

4

Howard Baker

I intend to travel to Okinawa and to visit with Okinawa officials and the citizens of Okinawa at an early date. I will send my best analysis of that situation, including the local attitudes, back to Washington, to the government there.

5

Vidya Balan

My idea of an actor is to be different persons with different roles. Every time a script interests me, I look for interesting characters because I intend to completely transport myself into it. This happens only because I am a very greedy actor. I am not part of the rat race because I am living a dream.

6

Mehcad Brooks

I like playing characters that are true to life, and there's no guarantee that any of us are going to be okay, but we intend to be, and we take the time to try to be. I don't think it's any different for a character.

7

James F. Byrnes

We have helped to organize the United Nations. We believe it will stop aggressor nations from starting wars. Because we believe it, we intend to support the United Nations organization with all the power and resources we possess.

8

Jack Canfield

Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.

9

Erika Christensen

To be entirely honest, I am an extremely confident person, and I don't think I would have gotten into this business if I felt that I wasn't going to succeed and I intend to be in this business, for the rest of my life.

10

John Cleese

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTEND»

Discover the use of intend in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intend and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book: An Anatomy of a Book ...

Threat of book burning ignites passionate discussion about censoring, banning, and other responses to books.

Lawrence Hill, 2013

Facilitating Guided Imagery and Music: What Therapists ...

The published literature on the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (BMGIM) provides revealing but inconsistent descriptions of therapists' experiences during BMGIM sessions.

Elaine A. Abbott, 2008

Sociality and Responsibility: New Essays in Plural Subject ...

When people say things of the form "We intend to do A" they standardly mean something other than "We all intend to do A." In Michael Bratman's phrase, they are speaking of a shared intention. I propose three criteria of adequacy for an ...

Margaret Gilbert, 2000

Why College Undergraduates Intend to Pursue the Information ...

The purpose of this study is to explore environmental and personal factors that may influence college undergraduates' decisions to pursue a major in information technology.

Nathan D. Heinze, 2007

Magic of Intention: Know Your Intention, Design Your Future

Know Your Intention, Design Your Future Karin Janin. THE MAGIC WORKS WHEN YOU BELIEVE. GRAB THE WAND OF SUCCESS NOW! AND START CREATING A BETTER LIFE. Your New Mantra: I intend that I am • I intend that I am • I ...

Karin Janin, 2010

Intricate Ethics : Rights, Responsibilities, and Permissible ...

Intending a goal (such as the five being free of threats) may require that an agent be willing to intend some means (whether a necessary one or just a possible alternative) in order to bring the goal about, on pain of just wanting and producing ...

F. M. Kamm Professor of Philosophy Harvard University, 2006

College Students' Intentions to Drink Alcohol and Engage in ...

For the following questions, think about how much you INTEND to drink in the NEXT MONTH. Think of an occasion in the next month where you will likely drink the most. How much do you intend to drink? I do not intend to drink at all I intend to ...

Melissa Jean Leedy, 2007

Leadership for the Twenty-first Century

A definition of leadership that encompasses only those relationships of people who intend real changes and that excludes those relationships of people who intend the status quo or pseudochanges, is a conceptual framework that takes ...

Joseph Clarence Rost, 1993

Lectures on Systematic Theology

It does not imply that we always or ever aim at, or intend to do our duty. That is, it does not imply that the intention always, or ever, terminates on duty as an ultimate end. It is our duty to aim at or intend the highest well-being of God and the ...

Charles Grandison Finney, Richard Friedrich, 2003

Medieval Islamic Pragmatics: Sunni Legal Theorists' Models ...

Thus, by virtue of these types of relation one might (given the relevant context and the absence of any impediment) for example, i utter the cause (al-sabab) and intend the effect (al-musabbab); ii utter the effect and intend the cause; iii utter ...

Muhammad M. Yunis Ali, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTEND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term intend is used in the context of the following news items.

After reforms Serzh Sargsyan does not intend to rerun for president …

The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) held a sitting of RPA Council last evening to discuss the new draft Constitution of Armenia (the ... «Panorama.am, Jul 15»

Kakha Kaladze: “Some intend to politicize developments at site …

Tbilisi. Nizami Mammadzada - APA. “In existence of any threat to Baku-Supsa pipeline, we will launch alternative project”, said the First Deputy ... «APA, Jul 15»

A third of teachers intend to quit in the next five years

And a further 22 per cent intend to quit their jobs within the next six to 20 years. Only 10 per cent said that they were planning to remain in ... «TES News, Jul 15»

Salman Khan: Intend to break my past records with each film

Superstar Salman Khan says he wants to write a success story with each of his film by surpassing his past records. «The Indian Express, Jul 15»

A couple of local inventions that intend changing the world

Science & Invention, November 1928. Volume 16 Number 7 Yesterday a friend of many years introduced me to E-Smart Foods, a South African ... «BizNews, Jul 15»

Alouettes intend to learn from special-teams gaffe

Alouettes defensive-back Dominique Ellis listens to special teams coordinator Kavis Reed during a drill at practice at Stade Hébert in on ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»

Rowley: How does AG intend to recover wasted funds in UTT matter?

OPPOSITION leader Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday that Attorney General Garvin Nicholas must state how he intends to recover public funds ... «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Jul 15»

Brad Stevens: 'Incredibly impressed' with Jerome Allen, who Boston …

Brad Stevens confirmed a report the Celtics intend to add former University of Pennsylvania head coach Jerome Allen as an assistant. «MassLive.com, Jul 15»

You may intend to keep working. But life may say otherwise.

A third of Americans expect to work at least until age 65. Another 10 percent don't plan to retire at all. Many don't think they've saved enough ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

Report: Nets intend to keep Joe Johnson after waiving Deron Williams

The Brooklyn Nets waived Deron Williams on Friday, but Joe Johnson reportedly isn't going anywhere. They do not intend to trade him now that ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»