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   intend

   /ɪnˈtɛnd/

   verb

   • 1. have (a course of action) as one's purpose or intention; plan: "the company intends to cut 400 jobs"
   • ▪ 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. design or destine something for a particular purpose: "this one-roomed cottage was intended to accommodate a family"
   • ▪ be meant or designed for the use of (a particular person or group): "this benefit is intended for people incapable of work"

   Word Origin Middle Englishentend (in the sense ‘direct the attention to’), from Old French entendre, from Latin intendere ‘intend, extend, direct’, from in- ‘towards’ + tendere ‘stretch, tend’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. intender noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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