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To intend.

To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.

To have as intentions of a given kind.

(usually in passive) To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.

To intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation.

To convey (a meaning).

To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).

Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.

Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.

To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).

To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).

(usually with ''to'') To be of some level of importance.

(regional) To lament.

📑 Synonyms: grieve mourn Thesaurus:lament

(obsolete) Common; general.

(rare) Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.

Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.

Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.

📑 Synonyms: base ignoble selfish unkind vile

Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.

(UK) Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.

📑 Synonyms: Thesaurus:stingy

Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating.

Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.

📑 Synonyms: cruel malicious nasty

Powerful; fierce; strong.

📑 Synonyms: harsh damaging fierce

(colloquial) Hearty; spicy.

(colloquial) Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.

📑 Synonyms: deft skillful top-notch

(childish) Difficult, tricky.

Having the mean (''see noun below'') as its value; average.

(obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.

(in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.

(in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.

Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.

(historical) The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.

(statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.

(mathematics) Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.

(mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as ''2'' and ''3'' in ''1:2=3:6''.