intending

intending is the present participle and gerund of intend.

Meaning of intend

intend (third-person singular simple present intends, present participle intending, simple past and past participle intended)

(ambitransitive, usually, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
- He intends to go to university.
Synonyms:

mean, purport, design, plan, think, propose, purpose, have a mind to, foremind, mint
To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
(obsolete) To stretch to extend; distend.
To strain; make tense.
(obsolete) 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.

intending (plural intendings)

The process by which one intends something; intention.
- Formulated in this fashion, the phenomenological datum evokes the distinction made earlier between those intendings and positings in which the ego is involved and those in which the ego is not engaged.2012, F. Kersten, Phenomenological Method: Theory and Practice (page 53)

plural	intendings

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What does intending mean?: Intending means the process by which one intends something; intention.
What is intending the present participle and gerund of?: Intending is the present participle and gerund of intend.
What part of speech is intending?: Intending is a noun.
What is the plural of intending?: The plural of intending is intendings.

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