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   In·tend

   /inˈtend/

   

   verb

   • 1. have (a course of action) as one's purpose or objective; plan: "the company intends to cut about 4,500 jobs"
   • ▪ plan that (something) function in a particular way: "a series of questions intended as a checklist"
   • ▪ plan that speech should have (a particular meaning): "no offense was intended, I assure you"
   • 2. design or destine (someone or something) for a particular purpose or end: "this one-roomed cottage was intended to accommodate a family"
   • ▪ be meant or designed for (a particular person or group) to have or use: "this benefit is intended for people incapable of work"

   Word Origin Middle Englishentend (in the sense ‘direct the attention to’), from Old French entendre, from Latin intendere ‘intend, extend, direct’, from in- ‘towards’ + tendere ‘stretch, tend’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. intender noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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