intend
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English entend, “direct (one’s) attention towards”, from Old French entendre, from Latin intendere.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
intend (third-person singular simple present intends, present participle intending, simple past and past participle intended)
- To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); be intent upon; mean; design; plan; purpose.
- To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
- (obsolete) To stretch to extend; distend.
- To strain; make tense.
- (obsolete) To intensify; strengthen.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p. 139:
- Dotage, fatuity, or folly [...] is for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others [...].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p. 139:
- To apply with energy.
- To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
- To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
- To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.
[edit] Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Translations
to fix the mind upon a goal
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to be intent upon
