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# intend

«intend» in Mova's school dictionary: **To plan or mean to do something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (intend, intends, intended, intending)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To plan or mean to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intend/#m1)

2) To mean something to be for a certain person or use (this gift is intended for you). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intend/#m2)

3) To mean a certain meaning by your words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intend/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used about plans and purposes: "I intend to finish my homework tonight." In stories, a character intends to do something but things go wrong. In safety, a product is intended for adults only. Phrases: intend to do, be intended for, did not intend, as intended.

### examples

- I intend to read the whole book this week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intend/#x1)
- She did not intend to break the window; it was an accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intend/#x2)
- This ladder is intended for adults only. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intend/#x3)
- The plan worked as intended. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intend/#x4)
- What did you intend by that remark? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intend/#x5)
- We intended to go to the beach, but it rained. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intend/#x6)
- The money is intended for new library books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intend/#x7)
- “The royal captain intends to visit you.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intend/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: intended, intending. Pattern: intend to + verb. Noun: intention; adjective: intentional (on purpose). Opposite: unintended, accidental. Trap: "intend" is about plans, not results — you can intend something and still fail to do it.

### In the corpora

- [Joseph forgave them: "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good" (Genesis 50:20).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/10/)
- [For they intended evil against thee, they imagined a device, wherewith they shall not prevail.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.304/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «intend» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intend/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.