Definizione monolingua

intend

intend (third-person singular simple present intends, present participle intending, simple past and past participle intended)

1. To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); be intent upon; mean; design; plan; purpose.
2. To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
3. (obsolete) To stretch to extend; distend.
4. To strain; make tense.
5. (obsolete) To intensify; strengthen.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p. 139:

     Dotage, fatuity, or folly [...] is for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others [...].

6. To apply with energy.
7. To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
8. To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
9. To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.

Definizione dizionario intend

intendere

	pianificare
	Avere in mente qualcosa come proposito o intenzione.
	To have in mind as one's purpose or intention.

avere l’intenzione di

designare

destinare

proporsi

provare

significare

tendere

tentare

voler dire

volere

Altri significati:

To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.

To strain; make tense.

To apply with energy.

To assign for a specific end, use, or purpose.

(obsolete) To intensify; strengthen.

To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.

To be intent upon

To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.

to fix the mind upon a goal

(obsolete) To stretch to extend; distend.

To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.

set aims (sights on)

To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); be intent upon; mean; design; plan; purpose.