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• intend for/to do something — design or destine for a purpose. → intend …   English new terms dictionary

• intend — 1. Intend is followed in standard usage by a to infinitive (We intend to go / We intended you to go), by a verbal noun (We intend going), or by a that clause (We intended that you should go). In the passive, it is followed by for in the meaning… …   Modern English usage

• intend — ► VERB 1) have as one s aim or plan. 2) plan that (something) should be, do, or mean something: the book was intended as a satire. 3) (intend for/to do) design or destine for a particular purpose. 4) (be intended for) be meant for the use of.… …   English terms dictionary

• for — 1. As a coordinating conjunction introducing a clause that gives a reason or explanation, for has two features of use not shared by because and since: (1) it cannot come at the beginning of a sentence but must follow a main clause: • He picked… …   Modern English usage

• intend — v. 1) (d; tr.) ( to design ) to intend as (It was intended as a joke) 2) (d; tr.) ( to design ) to intend for (the book is intended for children) 3) (E) ( to plan ) she intends to file suit 4) (G) ( to plan ) what do you intend doing? 5) (BE) (H) …   Combinatory dictionary

• intend — verb 1》 have as one s aim or plan.     ↘(intend something as/to do something) plan that something should be or act as something.     ↘plan that speech should have (a particular meaning). 2》 (intend for/to do something) design or destine for a… …   English new terms dictionary

• Intend Change — was a consulting business launched in 1999 by Joe Firmage, Toby Corey, Wayne Tsuchitani, and Bruce Gilpin. Operating out of Palo Alto, California, it leased offices from USWeb/CKS, another consulting firm started by Firmage and Corey, where Corey …   Wikipedia

• intend — intend, mean, design, propose, purpose signify to have in mind as an aim, end, or function. Intend implies that the mind is directed to some definite accomplishment or to the achievement of a definite end {if one earnestly intends a conspiracy,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• intend — [in tend′] vt. [ME entenden < OFr entendre < L intendere, to stretch out for, aim at < in , in, at + tendere, to stretch: see THIN] 1. to have in mind as a purpose; plan 2. to mean (something) to be or be used (for); design; destine [a… …   English World dictionary

• intend — (v.) c.1300, direct one s attention to, from O.Fr. entendre, intendre to direct one s attention (in Modern French principally to hear ), from L. intendere turn one s attention, strain, lit. stretch out, extend, from in toward (see IN (Cf. in )… …   Etymology dictionary

• for instance — for example You may have questions which you wish to raise. For instance, who will oversee your work and how will feedback be given? They intend to provide information, via the Internet for instance …   English dictionary