intend

 
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛnd/

verb

[with object]
  • 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

Derivatives

intender

noun

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'