intend
verb OPAL W
/ɪnˈtend/
/ɪnˈtend/
Word Family
- intend verb
- intended adjective (≠ unintended)
- intention noun
- intentional adjective (≠ unintentional)
- intentionally adverb (≠ unintentionally)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intend | /ɪnˈtend/ /ɪnˈtend/ |
| he / she / it intends | /ɪnˈtendz/ /ɪnˈtendz/ |
| past simple intended | /ɪnˈtendɪd/ /ɪnˈtendɪd/ |
| past participle intended | /ɪnˈtendɪd/ /ɪnˈtendɪd/ |
| -ing form intending | /ɪnˈtendɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtendɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to have a plan, result or purpose in your mind when you do something
- We finished later than we had intended.
- intend to do something I fully intended (= definitely intended) to pay for the damage.
- I never intended to hurt you.
- The train we had originally intended to catch had already left.
- intend somebody/something to do something The writer clearly intends his readers to identify with the main character.
- intend doing something (British English) I don't intend staying long.
- intend something The company intends a slow-down in expansion.
- intend somebody something He intended her no harm (= it was not his plan to harm her).
- it is intended that… It is intended that production will start next month.
- intend that… We intend that production will start next month.
More Like This Verbs usually followed by infinitivesVerbs usually followed by infinitives- afford
- agree
- appear
- arrange
- attempt
- beg
- choose
- consent
- decide
- expect
- fail
- happen
- hesitate
- hope
- intend
- learn
- manage
- mean
- neglect
- offer
- prepare
- pretend
- promise
- refuse
- swear
- try
- want
- wish
Extra Examples- She fully intends to continue her sporting career once she has recovered from her injuries.
- He intends to retire at the end of this year.
- I don't intend to make the same mistake again.
- She didn't intend to kill him.
- They stayed much longer than they'd originally intended.
- What do you intend to do now?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- clearly
- originally
- …
- for
- [transitive] (rather formal) to plan that something should have a particular meaning synonym mean
- intend something by something What exactly did you intend by that remark?
- intend something as something He intended it as a joke.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- clearly
- originally
- …
- for
Word OriginMiddle English entend (in the sense ‘direct the attention to’), from Old French entendre, from Latin intendere ‘intend, extend, direct’, from in- ‘towards’ + tendere ‘stretch, tend’.