intended; intending; intends
1
a
: to have in mind as a purpose or goal : plan
b
: to design for a specified use or future
3
: to direct the mind on
4
archaic
: to proceed on (a course)
intender
noun
Examples of intend in a Sentence
I didn't intend any disrespect.
We intended that she come with us.
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Overall, though, Luscombe said the preliminary list appears intended to be a fairly broad list and not overly restrictive.
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Zinn is well known among organizers of public events in Salt Lake City and often showed up in public forums intending to disrupt the event or question the high-profile speaker, The New York Times reported.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Overall, though, Luscombe said the preliminary list appears intended to be a fairly broad list and not overly restrictive.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
The party intended to enjoy the summer in Geneva, in the shadow of Mont Blanc, but soon decamped to Cologny, farther north on the shore of Lake Geneva.
—Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for intend
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“Intend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intend. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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intend
transitive verb
in·tend
in-ˈtend 
: to have in one's mind as a purpose or goal
did not intend to kill her
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