intend
verb
[ ɪnˈtɛnd ]
• have (a course of action) as one's purpose or intention; plan.
• "the company intends to cut 400 jobs"
Similar:
plan,
mean,
have the/every intention,
have in mind,
have in view,
have plans,
aim,
propose,
aspire,
hope,
expect,
be looking,
be going,
be resolved,
have resolved,
be determined,
have set out,
purpose,
be plotting,
desire,
want,
wish,
contemplate,
think of,
envisage,
design,
earmark,
set apart,
• design or destine something for a particular purpose.
• "this one-roomed cottage was intended to accommodate a family"
Similar:
plan,
mean,
have the/every intention,
have in mind,
have in view,
have plans,
aim,
propose,
aspire,
hope,
expect,
be looking,
be going,
be resolved,
have resolved,
be determined,
have set out,
purpose,
be plotting,
desire,
want,
wish,
contemplate,
think of,
envisage,
design,
earmark,
set apart,
Origin:
Middle 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’.
