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• ĭn-tĕndʹ
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• /ɪnˈtɛnd/
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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. Largely displaced native Old English myntan (“to mean, intend; to think, suppose”), whence dialectal mint.

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَعَمَّدَ (taʕammada) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Arabic: نَوَى (nawā) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Arabic: قَصَدَ (qaṣada) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Armenian: մտադրվել (mtadrvel) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Armenian: մտադիր լինել (mtadir linel) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Armenian: ծրագրել (cragrel) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Armenian: պատրաստվել (patrastvel) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Azerbaijani: niyyət etmək — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Belarusian: мець наме́р (mjecʹ namjér) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Belarusian: наме́рвацца (namjérvacca) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Belarusian: планава́ць (planavácʹ) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Belarusian: збіра́цца (zbirácca) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Bulgarian: възнамеря́вам (vǎznamerjávam) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Bulgarian: плани́рам (planíram) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Catalan: intentar — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Cherokee: ᎤᏰᎸᎭ (uyelvha) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Chinese Mandarin: 打算 (dǎsuàn) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Chinese Mandarin: 想要 (xiǎngyào) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Chinese Mandarin: 意圖 /意图 (yìtú) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Czech: zamýšlet — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Czech: mít v úmyslu — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Czech: hodlat — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Czech: plánovat — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Danish: have til hensigt — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Dutch: van plan zijn — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Egyptian: ib:Z1 (jb) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Esperanto: intenci — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Estonian: kavatsema — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Faroese: ætla — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Finnish: aikoa — to fix the mind upon a goal
• French: avoir l'intention — to fix the mind upon a goal
• French: prévoir — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Friulian: intindi — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Friulian: volê — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Georgian: განზრახვა (ganzraxva) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• German: beabsichtigen — to fix the mind upon a goal
• German: vorhaben — to fix the mind upon a goal
• German: intendieren — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Greek: σκοπεύω (skopévo) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Hindi: इरादा रखना (irādā rakhnā) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Hindi: नीयत करना (nīyat karnā) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Hindi: प्रयोजन रखना (prayojan rakhnā) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Hungarian: szándékozik — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Hungarian: akar — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Hungarian: szán — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Hungarian: tervez — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Indonesian: berniat — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Irish: tá faoi — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Italian: intendere — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Italian: avere in animo — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Japanese: つもりである (tsumori de aru) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Japanese: 意図する (ito suru) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Kazakh: ниеттену (niettenu) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Korean: 의도(意圖)하다 (uidohada) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Kyrgyz: ниеттенүү (niyettenüü) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Latin: habeo in animo — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Latin: volo — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Latvian: iecerēt — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Latvian: domāt — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Latvian: nadomāt — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Lithuanian: ketinti — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Lithuanian: manyti — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Macedonian: има намера (ima namera) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Macedonian: плани́ра (planíra) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Malagasy: mikasa — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Maltese: beħsiebni — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Māori: takune — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Māori: whakakoro — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Māori: koro — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Māori: kapatau — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Māori: mea — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Norwegian Bokmål: ha til hensikt — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Persian: آهنگ داشتن (âhang dâštan) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Persian: بر آن بودن (bar ân budan) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Persian: قصد داشتن (qasd dâštan) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Polish: zamierzać — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Portuguese: pretender — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Portuguese: tencionar — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Romanian: a intenționa — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Russian: намерева́ться (namerevátʹsja) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Russian: плани́ровать (planírovatʹ) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Russian: собира́ться (sobirátʹsja) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Scots: ettle — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Serbo-Croatian: намера́вати — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Serbo-Croatian: намјера́вати — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Serbo-Croatian: namerávati — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Serbo-Croatian: namjerávati — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Slovak: zamýšľať — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Slovak: mať v úmysle — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Slovak: hodlať — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Slovak: plánovať — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Slovene: nameravati — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Spanish: pretender — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Spanish: intencionar — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Spanish: tener la intención de — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Spanish: la intención de... ser — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Swedish: avse — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Swedish: ämna — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Swedish: planera — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Tajik: ният доштан (niyat doštan) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Tajik: қасд доштан (qasd doštan) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Thai: ตั้งใจ (dtâng-jai) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Turkish: niyet etmek — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Ukrainian: намі́ритись (namírytysʹ) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Ukrainian: планува́ти (planuváty) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Ukrainian: збира́тися (zbyrátysja) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Ukrainian: ма́ти на́мір (máty námir) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Urdu: قصد کرنا (qasd karnā) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Urdu: ارادہ کرنا (irādā karnā) — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Uzbek: niyat qilmoq — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Vietnamese: định — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Vietnamese: có ý định — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Walloon: awè idêye — to fix the mind upon a goal
• Welsh: bwriadu — to fix the mind upon a goal