• IPA: /ɪnˈtɛnd/

intend (intends, present participle intending; past and past participle intended)

1. (ambitransitive, 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.

   They evidently intended some mischief.

   Synonyms: mean, design, plan, purpose

2. To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
3. (obsolete) To stretch to extend; distend.
4. To strain; make tense.
5. (obsolete) To intensify; strengthen.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗:

     , Bk.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 […].

6. To apply with energy.
7. To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
8. To design mechanically or artistically; fashion#Verb|fashion; mold.
9. To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.

• mean, mint qual UK dialect, foremind qual obsolete

• intense
• intensive
• intent
• intention

• French: avoir l'intention
• German: beabsichtigen, vorhaben
• Italian: intendere
• Portuguese: pretender
• Russian: намерева́ться
• Spanish: pretender

• French: envisager, concevoir, prévoir
• Spanish: intentar