intend

Meaning of intend

verb

(usually followed by the particle "to") To hope; to wish (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
He intends to go to university.
To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
To stretch to extend; distend.
To strain; make tense.
To intensify; strengthen.
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.

Information about intend

It is a verb.
The plural form of intend is: intends.
Languages in which intend is used:
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- English

Hyphenation of intend

in-tend

It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
intend is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

intend synonyms

Meaning mean:

mean, think, signify

Meaning destine:

destine, designate, specify

Meaning :

design, plan, purpose, foremind, mint

Translation of intend

French: entendre, compter, envisager, projeter, destiner, signifier, significare
German: beabsichtigen, vorhaben, intendieren, bestimmen
Spanish: planear, pretender, destinar, significar
Italian: pianificare, intendere, destinare, signifier
Portuguese: intencionar

Anagrams of intend

dentin, indent, tinned

Words that rhyme with intend

tend, obtend, subtend, pretend, repetend, contend, foreintend, misintend, precontend, preintend, recontend, reintend, superintend, protend, uptend, bartend, convertend, invertend, obvertend, portend, startend, Ostend, distend, mistend, ostend, overdistend, redistend, stend, undistend, attend, coattend, misattend, reattend, Utend, utend, Hextend, coextend, counterextend, extend, hyperextend, overextend, preextend, superextend

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