Tra từ intend - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

in·tend [intend intends intended intending] BrE [ɪnˈtend] NAmE [ɪnˈtend] verb
1. intransitive, transitive to have a plan, result or purpose in your mind when you do sth
• We finished later than we had intended.
•~ to do sth I fully intended (= definitely intended) to pay for the damage.
•~ sb/sth to do sth The writer clearly intends his readers to identify with the main character.
•~ doing sth (BrE)I don't intend staying long.
•~ sth The company intends a slow-down in expansion.
•~ sb sth 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.
•~ that… We intend that production will start next month.
2. transitive (rather formal)to plan that sth should have a particular meaning
Syn: ↑mean
•~ sth (by sth) What exactly did you intend by that remark?
•~ sth (as sth) He intended it as a joke.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle 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’.

Thesaurus:
intend verb
1. I, T
•He intends to retire next year.
plan • • aim • • have sb/sth in mind • |especially spoken mean • |formal propose •
intend/plan/aim/have in mind/mean/propose to do sth
intend/propose doing sth
sb originally intended/planned/meant sth
2. be intended
•The book is intended for children.
design • • be aimed at sth • • mean •
be intended/designed/meant for/as sth
be intended/designed/meant to be/do sth

Word Family:
intend verb
intended adjective (≠ unintended)
intention noun
intentional adjective (≠ unintentional)
intentionally adverb (≠ unintentionally)

Example Bank:
•I never intended to hurt you.
•It was thought that the bomb might have been intended for a visiting MP.
•She fully intends to continue her sporting career once she has recovered from her injuries.
•The bomb was probably intended for a well-known human rights campaigner.
•He intended her no harm.
•He intends to retire at the end of this year.
•I don't intend staying long.
•I don't intend to make the same mistake again.
•I fully intended to pay for the damage.
•It is intended that production will start at the end of the month.
•She didn't intend to kill him.
•They stayed much longer than they'd originally intended.
•We finished later than intended.
•What do you intend to do now?