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English verb: intend | |||
| 1. | intend (cognition) have in mind as a purpose | ||
| Samples | I mean no harm. I only meant to help you. She didn't think to harm me. We thought to return early that night. | ||
| Examples | They intend to move | ||
| Synonyms | mean, think | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aim, be after, design, plan, propose, purport, purpose | ||
| 2. | intend (cognition) design or destine | ||
| Samples | She was intended to become the director. | ||
| Synonyms | designate, destine, specify | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plan | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aim, calculate, design, direct, mean, slate | ||
| 3. | intend (communication) mean or intend to express or convey | ||
| Samples | You never understand what I mean!. What do his words intend?. | ||
| Synonyms | mean | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | convey | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aim, aim, drive, get, import, represent, signify, spell, stand for, symbolise, symbolize, typify | ||
| 4. | intend (communication) denote or connote | ||
| Samples | `maison' means `house' in French. An example sentence would show what this word means. | ||
| Synonyms | mean, signify, stand for | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | denote, refer | ||
| Verb group | signify | ||
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