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Meaning of intend

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  intend
      v 1: 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" [syn: {intend}, {mean}, {think}]
      2: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
         [syn: {intend}, {destine}, {designate}, {specify}]
      3: mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand
         what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" [syn: {mean},
         {intend}]
      4: denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An
         example sentence would show what this word means" [syn:
         {mean}, {intend}, {signify}, {stand for}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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