intend – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of intend

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to intend
Participle: intended
Gerund: intending

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iintend
youintend
he;she;itintends
weintend
youintend
theyintend

Perfect

Ihave intended
youhave intended
he;she;ithas intended
wehave intended
youhave intended
theyhave intended

Past

Iintended
youintended
he;she;itintended
weintended
youintended
theyintended

Pluperfect

Ihad intended
youhad intended
he;she;ithad intended
wehad intended
youhad intended
theyhad intended

Future

Iwill intend
youwill intend
he;she;itwill intend
wewill intend
youwill intend
theywill intend

Future Perfect

Iwill have intended
youwill have intended
he;she;itwill have intended
wewill have intended
youwill have intended
theywill have intended

Subjunctive

Present

Iintend
youintend
he;she;itintend
weintend
youintend
theyintend

Perfect

Ihave intended
youhave intended
he;she;ithave intended
wehave intended
youhave intended
theyhave intended

Imperfect

Iintended
youintended
he;she;itintended
weintended
youintended
theyintended

Pluperfect

Ihad intended
youhad intended
he;she;ithad intended
wehad intended
youhad intended
theyhad intended

Conditional

Present

Iwould intend
youwould intend
he;she;itwould intend
wewould intend
youwould intend
theywould intend

Perfect

Iwould have intended
youwould have intended
he;she;itwould have intended
wewould have intended
youwould have intended
theywould have intended

Imperative

youintend
weLet's intend
youintend

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam intending
youare intending
he;she;itis intending
weare intending
youare intending
theyare intending

Perfect

Ihave been intending
youhave been intending
he;she;ithas been intending
wehave been intending
youhave been intending
theyhave been intending

Past

Iwas intending
youwere intending
he;she;itwas intending
wewere intending
youwere intending
theywere intending

Pluperfect

Ihad been intending
youhad been intending
he;she;ithad been intending
wehad been intending
youhad been intending
theyhad been intending

Future

Iwill be intending
youwill be intending
he;she;itwill be intending
wewill be intending
youwill be intending
theywill be intending

Future Perfect

Iwill have been intending
youwill have been intending
he;she;itwill have been intending
wewill have been intending
youwill have been intending
theywill have been intending

Conditional

Present

Iwould be intending
youwould be intending
he;she;itwould be intending
wewould be intending
youwould be intending
theywould be intending

Perfect

Iwould have been intending
youwould have been intending
he;she;itwould have been intending
wewould have been intending
youwould have been intending
theywould have been intending

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'intend'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'intend'

entend, inbend, incend, insend, atend, attend, contend, distend, extend, impend,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

have set as one's purpose
aim, mean, plan, purpose, set out
designed for some purpose
purpose
to make strong or stronger
anneal, brace, build up, confirm, enstrengthen, fortify, harden, indurate, invigorate, munite, nerve, roborate, steel, strength, strengthen, thicken
mean
plan, propose, expect, contemplate, project

Antonyms

mean
eminent, distinguished, dignified, exalted

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1300, "direct one's attention to," from O.Fr. intendre "to direct one's attention," from L. intendere "turn one's attention, strain," lit. "stretch out, extend," from in- "toward" + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Sense of "have as a plan" (1390) was present in Latin. A Gmc. word for this was ettle, from O.N. ætla "to think, conjecture, propose," from P.Gmc. *ahta "consideration, attention" (cf. O.E. eaht, Ger. acht). Intended (n.) "one's intended husband or wife" is from 1767.
2. From Middle English intenden, entenden (“direct (one’s) attention towards”), borrowed from Old French entendre, from Latin intendō, intendere. See also intensive. Doublet of entendre.
3. Largely displaced native Old English myntan (“to mean, intend; to think, suppose”), whence dialectal mint. See: Old French 'entendre', Latin 'intendo'.

Verbs referencing "intend"

French entendre, Ido intencar.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] now quite desperate, we threw off all disguise; openly speculated upon where we should be this time to-morrow, this time next day, and so forth; and entrusted a vast number of messages to those who intended returning to town that night, which were to be delivered at home and elsewhere without fail, within the very shortest possible space of time after the arrival of the railway train at Euston Square. [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘When it was said above that a sign was made, it was intended to say, that the action was performed by her teacher, she feeling his hands, and then imitating the motion. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] from the next station, there is a clever town in a smart lo-ca-tion, where he expects you have concluded to stop. Your answer in the negative naturally leads to more questions in reference to your intended route (always pronounced rout ); and wherever you are going, you invariably learn that you ca n't get there without immense difficulty and danger, and that all the great sights are somewhere else. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I had at first intended going South—to Charleston. But when I came to consider the length of time which this journey would occupy, and the premature heat of the season, which even at Washington had been often very trying; [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] nor have they anything in their shape at all calculated to remind one of a boat 's head, stem, sides, or keel. Except that they are in the water, and display a couple of paddle-boxes, they might be intended, for anything that appears to the contrary, to perform some unknown service, high and dry, upon a mountain top. There is no visible deck, even: nothing but a long, black, ugly roof covered with [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] institutions are a Jesuit college; a convent for ‘the Ladies of the Sacred Heart; ’ and a large chapel attached to the college, which was in course of erection at the time of my visit, and was intended to be consecrated on the second of December in the next year. The architect of this building, is one of the reverend fathers of the school, and the works proceed under his sole direction. The [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and, in his night-clothes, rushed from the house. For about two hundred yards his speed seemed to defy his pursuers; but, getting entangled in a thicket, he was captured. Rose told him that he intended to act a generous part, and give him a chance for his life. He then told Potter he might run, and he should not be interrupted till he reached a certain distance. Potter started at the word of [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] seeing that all that time my declaration has been perfectly well known to my publishers on both sides of the Atlantic, that no consideration on earth would induce me to write one. But what I have intended, what I have resolved upon (and this is the confidence I seek to place in you ) is, on my return to England, in my own person, in my own journal, to bear, for the behoof of my countrymen, such [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] other, with that appropriated to Miss Ophelia. St. Clare had gratified his own eye and taste, in furnishing this room in a style that had a peculiar keeping with the character of her for whom it was intended. The windows were hung with curtains of rose-colored and white muslin, the floor was spread with a matting which had been ordered in Paris, to a pattern of his own device, having round it a border [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Well, I 'm not uncommonly good, ” said Miss Ophelia. “ Others would, if they saw things as I do. I intend to take Topsy home, when I go. I suppose our folks will wonder, at first; but I think they will be brought to see as I do. Besides, I know there are many people at the north who do exactly what you [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)