intend

verb

• 1have (a course of action) as one’s purpose or intention; plan: [with infinitive]:the company intends to cut 400 jobs [with clause]:it was not intended that colleges should have to revise their current schemes
• (intend something as/to do something) plan that something should be or do something:a series of questions intended as a checklist
• plan that speech should have (a particular meaning):no offence was intended, I assure you

• 2 (usually be intended for/to do something) design or destine something for a particular purpose:pigs intended for human consumption a one-roomed cottage intended to accommodate a family
• (be intended for) be meant or designed for the use of (a particular person or group):this benefit is intended for people incapable of work