Слово англійською: intend
Дієслово
Переклад intend українською: мати намір, збиратися, думати (щось зробити), what do you ~ to do? — що ви збираєтеся робити?, was this ~ed? — це було зроблено навмисно?, призначати, визначати (для когось, чогось — for), the book is ~ed for you — ця книга призначається вам, мати на увазі, what do you ~ by it? — що ви хочете цим сказати?
Детальний опис
intend
verb /ɪnˈtend/
Word Family- intend verb
- intended adjective (≠ unintended)
- intention noun
- intentional adjective (≠ unintentional)
- intentionally adverb (≠ unintentionally)
- [intransitive, transitive] to have a plan, result or purpose in your mind when you do something
- We finished later than we had intended.
- intend to do something I fully intended (= definitely intended) to pay for the damage.
- I never intended to hurt you.
- The train we had originally intended to catch had already left.
- intend somebody/something to do something The writer clearly intends his readers to identify with the main character.
- intend doing something (British English) I don't intend staying long.
- intend something The company intends a slowdown in expansion.
- intend somebody something He intended her no harm (= it was not his plan to harm her).
- it is intended that… It is intended that production will start next month.
- intend that… We intend that production will start next month.
More Like This Verbs usually followed by infinitivesVerbs usually followed by infinitives- afford
- agree
- appear
- arrange
- attempt
- beg
- choose
- consent
- decide
- expect
- fail
- happen
- hesitate
- hope
- intend
- learn
- manage
- mean
- neglect
- offer
- prepare
- pretend
- promise
- refuse
- swear
- try
- want
- wish
- [transitive] (rather formal) to plan that something should have a particular meaning synonym mean
- intend something by something What exactly did you intend by that remark?
- intend something as something He intended it as a joke.
Word OriginMiddle English entend (in the sense ‘direct the attention to’), from Old French entendre, from Latin intendere ‘intend, extend, direct’, from in- ‘towards’ + tendere ‘stretch, tend’.