intend
Syllables: in·tend/ɪnˈtɛnd/
intend verb: to fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon.
Verb
intend (third-person singular simple present intends, present participle intending, simple past and past participle intended)
- To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
- He intends to go to university.
- They evidently intended some mischief.
- To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
- To stretch to extend; distend.
- To strain; make tense.
- To intensify; strengthen.
- Dotage, fatuity, or folly […] is for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others […]., Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.139
- To apply with energy.
- To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
- To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
- To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.
intend meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
intend in Hindi
- to fix the mind upon a goal
- इरादा रखना irādā rakhnā, नीयत करना nīyat karnā, प्रयोजन रखना prayojan rakhnā
intend in Tamil
- to intend, purpose
- கருது karutu
- to intend, to contemplate, to consider
- குறி kuṟi
- to intend, design, have in view
- நினை niṉai
intend in Urdu
- to fix the mind upon a goal
- قصد کرنا qasd karnā, ارادہ کرنا irādā karnā
intend in Bengali
- মনস্থ করা, অভিপ্রায় করা, সংকল্প করা, মানস করা, ইচ্ছা করা, পরিকল্পনা করা
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- intend in Telugu
- ఉద్దేశించు uddēśiñcu, గురించు guriñcu, అనుకొను anukonu, తలచు talacu
- intend in Malayalam
- ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുക
- intend in Kannada
- ಉದ್ದೇಶಿಸು, ಸಂಕಲ್ಪಿಸು, ಇಚ್ಛಿಸು, ಬಯಸು
- intend in Punjabi
- ਇਰਾਦਾ ਕਰਨਾ
- intend in Arabic
- تَعَمَّدَ taʕammada, نَوَى nawā, قَصَدَ qaṣada
- intend in Indonesian
- berniat
- intend in Persian
- آهنگ داشتن âhang dâštan, بر آن بودن bar ân budan, قصد داشتن qasd dâštan
- intend in Thai
- ตั้งใจ dtâng-jai
- intend in Vietnamese
- định, có ý định
Examples of intend in a sentence
- After I've finished my contract I never intend to teach teenagers again.
- They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company...
Synonyms of intend
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Forms of intend
| third-person singular present | intends |
|---|---|
| present participle | intending |
| past participle | intended |
| past | intended |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | intendest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | intendedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | intendeth |
Origin of intend
From Middle English intenden, entenden (“direct (one’s) attention towards”), borrowed from Old French entendre, from Latin intendō, intendere. See also intensive. Doublet of entendre. Largely displaced native Old English myntan (“to mean, intend; to think, suppose”), whence dialectal mint.
Words formed from intend
Words that rhyme with intend
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- suspend
- trend
- ascend
- offend
- pretend
- unbend
- commend
- tend
- amend
- contend
- depend
- lend
- distend
- impend
- recommend
- rend
- shend
- subtend
- tight end
- upend
- wend
- append
- befriend
- blend
- pend
- resend
- transcend
- abend
- comprehend
- entend
- fend
- obtend
- perpend
- portend
- unfriend
- vend
- weekend
- when'd
- blende
- defriend
- disrecommend
- emend
- expend
- forfend
- forspend
- freakend
- genetic dead end
- heaven forfend
Questions about intend
- What does intend mean?
- Intend means to fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon.
- What is intend in Hindi?
- Intend in Hindi is इरादा रखना (irādā rakhnā), नीयत करना (nīyat karnā), प्रयोजन रखना (prayojan rakhnā). See Intend meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use intend in a sentence?
- After I've finished my contract I never intend to teach teenagers again.
- What part of speech is intend?
- Intend is a verb.
- How do you pronounce intend?
- Intend is pronounced /ɪnˈtɛnd/.
- What is the past tense of intend?
- The past tense of intend is intended.
Words near intend in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intend (page history and authors); கருது (Tamil) (page history and authors); intend (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అనుకొను (Telugu) (page history and authors); intend (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intend (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intend (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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