Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word To have a plan or purpose in mind for something or someone
Intend
/ɪnˈtend/Synonyms:
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This word has no antonymsExamples:
"Yes, sir, that's where I'm intending to take you now.
He intended to prove Bichat's theory of the primitive tissue.
"Do you think he intends to marry you?"
Etymology:
From Middle English inten(d)en, from Old French entendre, from Latin intendere “to stretch out, extend, aim at, direct” from in- “toward” and tendere “to stretch, extend.”
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