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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | entendre 'to have as a purpose', from Latin intendere 'to stretch out, have as a purpose', from tendere 'to stretch' |
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in‧tend S3 W1
[transitive]
[transitive]1 to have something in your mind as a plan or purpose [↪ intention]
intend somebody/something to do something I didn't intend her to see the painting until it was finished. I never intended things to turn out the way they did.
I didn't intend her to see the painting until it was finished.I never intended things to turn out the way they did.2 to be provided or designed for a particular purpose or person : The book is intended for children aged 5-7.
be intended for somebody/something
The book is intended for children aged 5-7.3 the person, thing, result etc that an action is intended to affect or reach : It seems likely that General Rogers was the killer's intended victim.
intended target/victim/destination etc
It seems likely that General Rogers was the killer's intended victim.