intend

How to use intend in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for intend.

Home Featured words Jump to examples

Editorial note

[2] At least if you intend to make programming a long-term career.

Examples12

Definitions4

Parts of speech1

Quick take

have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of intend gathered in one view.

verb

have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"

verb

design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"

verb

mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for intend.

verb

have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"

verb

design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"

verb

mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"

verb

denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"

Example sentences

[2] At least if you intend to make programming a long-term career.

He says they intend to go above and beyond to make the situation right for her.

Did we actively intend for it to be reminiscent of OS X?

Booking flights you never intend to take is obviously a problem.

Broadly speaking: you are not "investing" in any market if you only own the amount you intend to use or consume for yourself.

It's only fraud if he does not actually intend to reside there, the motivation behind that intent is completely irrelevant.

And that makes me sad that so many of you think it's morally acceptable to promise large bonuses to your employees that you intend to pay only if reminded about it.

That is not traditionally how things work though, and since Square is doing their best to get merchants paid as quickly as possible, it only seems fair that merchants would do their best to ensure Square they intend to honor their end of the bargain.

The Court held that, in doing so, Congress intended to bring cable-like services such as Aereo into the Act's sweep regardless of the particular technological ways in which it handled the copyrighted material as it re-transmitted it to its users.

If the merchant has kept all funds out of reach of Square, by withdrawing all their money from the account and keeping the associated bank account empty, the merchant is indicating that they do not intend on fulfilling their end of the bargain on having a merchant account - namely honoring chargebacks and the determination process for chargeback disputes.

None of that is addressed by this blog post, so the only takeaway for readers is that your only recourse if Paypal seizes your money is to raise a giant stink about it and cause them another PR headache?All they had to say was,"Our representative was enforcing our policy, but unfortunately did so in a way that we didn't intend, and without the respect and courtesy we expect.

Quote examples

2. Tell me why you must accomplish them. 3. Tell me when you must accomplish them by. 4. Tell me how you intend to accomplish them. 5. Tell me what you're already doing to accomplish them. 6. Tell me the role you envision me playing in accomplishing them. 7. Tell me what you expect from me.