intend

Definitions


[ɪnˈtɛnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- have (a course of action) as one's purpose or intention; plan
(e.g: the company intends to cut 400 jobs)

- design or destine something for a particular purpose
(e.g: this one-roomed cottage was intended to accommodate a family)


Phrases:

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’




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