intending

[in-ten-ding] /ɪnˈtɛn dɪŋ/
adjective
1.
designing or aiming to be; prospective or aspiring:
intending surgeons.
Origin
1650-60; intend + -ing2

intend

[in-tend] /ɪnˈtɛnd/
verb (used with object)
1.
to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
We intend to leave in a month.
2.
to design or mean for a particular purpose, use, recipient, etc.:
a fund intended for emergency use only.
3.
to design to express or indicate, as by one's words; refer to.
4.
(of words, terms, statements, etc.) to mean or signify.
5.
Archaic. to direct (the eyes, mind, etc.).
verb (used without object)
6.
to have a purpose or design.
7.
Obsolete. to set out on one's course.
Origin
1250-1300; < Latin intendere to stretch towards, aim at (see in-2, tend1); replacing Middle English entenden < Old French entendre < Latin, as above
Related forms
intender, noun
misintend, verb
preintend, verb (used with object)
Synonyms
1. contemplate, expect, aim, purpose. Intend, mean, design, propose imply knowing what one wishes to do and setting this as a goal. To intend is to have in mind something to be done or brought about: No offense was intended. Mean is a less formal word than intend but otherwise a close synonym: He means to go away. Design implies planning to effect a particular result: to design a plan for Christmas decorations. Propose suggests setting up a program for oneself or offering it to others for consideration: We propose to beautify our city.
Examples from the web for intending
  • They then took out bank loans on the companies' money-losing remains, never intending to make repayments.
  • The soul shuts her eyes without intending it, and if she opens them again, scarcely sees anything with them.
  • Eco-villages are essentially designed communities intending to be socially, economically and ecologically sustainable.
  • He was not intending to be a hermit, though he valued solitude and wrote movingly about it.
  • Initially intending to be weekend farmers, soon they are bewitched by the raw beauty of the place and move there permanently.
  • They're still putting money into retirement funds, and they aren't intending on spending it for decades.
  • The number of people intending to vote for unity with the north is tiny.
  • These are not the actions of a company intending to get smaller.
  • Top government officials rarely make news in public forums unless they are intending to do so.
  • It was created by an artist intending to create art.
British Dictionary definitions for intending

intend

/ɪnˈtɛnd/
verb
1.
(may take a clause as object) to propose or plan (something or to do something); have in mind; mean
2.
(transitive) often foll by for. to design or destine (for a certain purpose, person, etc): that shot was intended for the President
3.
(transitive) to mean to express or indicate: what do his words intend?
4.
(intransitive) to have a purpose as specified; mean: he intends well
5.
(transitive) (archaic) to direct or turn (the attention, eyes, etc)
Derived Forms
intender, noun
Word Origin
C14: from Latin intendere to stretch forth, give one's attention to, from tendere to stretch
Word Origin and History for intending

intend

v.

c.1300, "direct one's attention to," from Old French entendre, intendre "to direct one's attention" (in Modern French principally "to hear"), from Latin intendere "turn one's attention, strain," literally "stretch out, extend," from in- "toward" (see in- (2)) + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Sense of "have as a plan" (late 14c.) was present in Latin. A Germanic word for this was ettle, from Old Norse ætla "to think, conjecture, propose," from Proto-Germanic *ahta "consideration, attention" (cf. Old English eaht, German acht). Intended (n.) "one's intended husband or wife" is from 1767.