intend
in·tend / inˈtend/ • v. [tr.] 1. have (a course of action) as one's purpose or objective; plan: the company intends to cut about 4,500 jobs | it is intended that coverage shall be worldwide. ∎ plan that (something) function in a particular way: a series of questions intended as a checklist. ∎ plan that speech should have (a particular meaning): no offense was intended, I assure you.2. design or destine (someone or something) for a particular purpose or end: pigs intended for human consumption | a one-room cottage intended to accommodate a family. ∎ (be intended for) be meant or designed for (a particular person or group) to have or use: this benefit is intended for people incapable of work.DERIVATIVES: in·tend·er n.
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intendant •abeyant, mayn't •ambient, circumambient •gradient, irradiant, radiant •expedient, ingredient, mediant, obed… deceive , de·ceive / diˈsēv/ • v. [tr.] (of a person) cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage… Aranyaka , Āraṇyaka (Skt., ‘that which pertains to the forest’). In Hinduism, the genre of texts within the Vedic corpus developed as an adjunct to the Brāhmaṇa… warpath , war·path / ˈwôrˌpa[unvoicedth]/ • n. (in phrase on the warpath) in an angry and aggressive state about a conflict of dispute: he intends to go on the… Ambitious , ambitious •factious, fractious •anxious • captious •precious, semi-precious •infectious •conscientious, contentious, licentious, pretentious, sentent… calculate , cal·cu·late / ˈkalkyəˌlāt/ • v. [tr.] 1. determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically: Japanese land value was calculated at 2.5 time…
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