intendverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈtend/us/ɪnˈtend/B1 to have as a plan or purpose:
[ + to infinitive ] We intend to go to Australia next year.
Somehow I offended him, which wasn't what I'd intended.
[ + obj + to infinitive ] I don't think she intended me to hear the remark.
The course is intended for intermediate-level students.
It was intended as a compliment, honestly!
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- The president has announced she does not intend to stand for re-election.
- I made a promise to you and I intend to keep it.
- How do you intend to deal with this problem?
- I've heard that she intends to leave the company.
- I spent much more than I intended to.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- I might have known idiom
- in the pipeline idiom
- intent
- intention
- intentional
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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