Intend

Definition

intend /Çn'tend/ v ၁။ (က) ~ sth (as sth) ရည္ရြယ္သည္။ The evening didn't turn out as I intended (that it should). ❍ It's not what I intended (it to be). ❍ I hear they intend to marry. ❍ We may not succeed but I intend to try. ❍ I'd intended visiting you this weekend but I wasn't able to make it. ❍ He intends (you) no harm (ie does not plan to harm you). (ခ) ရည္ရြယ္သည္။ I intended it as a joke. ❍ The quiz is intended to be light-hearted. ❍ I intend you to take over/ intend that you shall take over the business after me. ၂။ ~ sth for sth/ sb (esp passive) ရည္ရြယ္ထား သည္။ cars intended for the scrapyard ❍ I think the bomb was intended for (ie planned to harm) me. ၃။ ~ sth as sth ရည္ရြယ္သည္။ This document is intended purely as a discussion paper. ၄။ ~ sth (by sth) ရည္ရြယ္သည္။ ရည္ရြယ္ခ်က္ ရိွသည္။ What did he intend by that remark? ❍ No criticism was intended. intended /-dÇd/ adj ၁။ ရည္ရြယ္ထားေသာ။ the intended meaning/ result/ effect/ purpose. ၂။ ~ for sb/ sth ရည္ရြယ္ထားေသာ။ a book/ course/ programme intended for children/ beginners ❍ water (not) intended for drinking.

Examples

1. [intend to do something] : What do you intend to do about this?
2. [intend someone/something to do something] : I never intended it to turn out like that.
3. [intend doing something] : I intend using the report as evidence to support my case.
4. [fully intend doing something/to do something] : He had fully intended to tell her exactly what had happened.
5. [intend someone something] : She felt certain that he intended her no harm.
6. [intend that] : It is intended that formal discussions should commence in the near future.
7. [intend no offence/disrespect] : I’m sorry – no offence was intended.
8. [intend something as something] : Perhaps it was intended as a joke.
9. [intend something by something] : She wondered what he intended by that statement.