Definition of intend

"intend" in the verb sense

1. intend, mean, think

have in mind as a purpose

"I mean no harm"

"I only meant to help you"

"She didn't think to harm me"

"We thought to return early that night"

2. intend, destine, designate, specify

design or destine

"She was intended to become the director"

3. mean, intend

mean or intend to express or convey

"You never understand what I mean!"

"what do his words intend?"

4. mean, intend, signify, stand for

denote or connote

"`maison' means `house' in French"

"An example sentence would show what this word means"

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Quotations for intend

When God endowed human beings with brains,
He did not intend to guarantee them. [ Montesquieu ]

Intend honestly and leave the event to God. [ Aesop ]

You pretend the public but intend yourself. [ Proverb ]

When any great design thou dost intend,
Think on the means, the manner, and the end. [ Sir J. Denham ]

To do no evil is good; to intend none is better. [ Claudius ]

Bring something lass along with you, if you intend to live with me. [ Proverb ]

In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend. [ Pope ]

I intend no modification of my oftexpressed wish that all men everywhere could be free. [ Abraham Lincoln ]

Thou art sworn as deeply to affect what we intend as closely to conceal what we impart. [ William Shakespeare ]

Resentment gratifies him who intended an injury, and pains him unjustly who did not intend it. [ Johnson ]

Flattery is often a traffic of mutual meanness, where although both parties intend deception, neither are deceived. [ Colton ]

I have strictly adhered to the rule of never copying. I write at once as I intend the words to stand. This leads to great precision of thought, and makes the style fresh and vigorous. [ Louisa Molesworth, The Art Of Authorship, 1891 ]

I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any. Exercise is loathsome. And it cannot be any benefit when you are tired; and I was always tired. But let another person try my way, and see where he will come out. [ Mark Twain, Seventieth Birthday speech ]

intend in Scrabble®

The word intend is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters intend:

TINNED
(27)
INDENT
(27)
INTEND
(27)
DENTIN
(27)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word intend

INTEND
(27)
INTEND
(24)
INTEND
(24)
INTEND
(24)
INTEND
(24)
INTEND
(24)
INTEND
(22)
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INTEND
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INTEND
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INTEND
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(9)
INTEND
(9)
INTEND
(9)
INTEND
(9)
INTEND
(8)
INTEND
(8)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In intend

TINNED
(27)
INDENT
(27)
INTEND
(27)
DENTIN
(27)
TINNED
(24)
DENTIN
(24)
TINNED
(24)
TINNED
(24)
DENTIN
(24)
INDENT
(24)
INTEND
(24)
DENTIN
(24)
INDENT
(24)
DENTIN
(24)
DENTIN
(24)
INDENT
(24)
INTEND
(24)
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(24)
INDENT
(24)
TINNED
(24)
TINED
(24)
TINNED
(24)
INTEND
(24)
INTEND
(24)
INDENT
(24)
INTEND
(22)
TINNED
(22)
DENTIN
(22)
TINED
(21)
TEND
(21)
TINED
(21)
DIET
(21)
DENTIN
(21)
DINT
(21)
TINED
(21)
DINE
(21)
TINNED
(21)
DENTIN
(21)
TINNED
(21)
TIED
(21)
INDENT
(21)
INTEND
(21)
INDENT
(21)
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(21)
DENT
(21)
TINED
(20)
TIDE
(18)
TINNED
(18)
INDENT
(18)
TINNED
(18)
TEND
(18)
EDIT
(18)
INDENT
(18)
EDIT
(18)
TINED
(18)
TINED
(18)
TINNED
(18)
DINT
(18)
INTEND
(18)
TIDE
(18)
DIET
(18)
TINED
(18)
DINE
(18)
TINNED
(18)
TIED
(18)
DENTIN
(18)
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(18)
INDENT
(18)
INTEND
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INTEND
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DENT
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(18)
INTEND
(18)
TINNED
(18)
INDENT
(18)
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(18)
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(18)
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(18)
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(16)
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(16)
TINED
(16)
TINNED
(16)
INDENT
(16)
TINNED
(16)
DENTIN
(16)
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(16)
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(16)
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(16)
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(16)
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(15)
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(15)
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(14)
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(14)
TINNED
(14)
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(14)
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(14)
INDENT
(14)
TINNED
(14)
DIET
(14)
INTEND
(14)
DENTIN
(14)
INDENT
(14)
DENT
(14)
INDENT
(14)
DENTIN
(14)
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(14)
INDENT
(14)
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(14)
INDENT
(14)
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(14)
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(14)
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(14)
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(14)
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(14)
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(14)
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(14)
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(14)
TIED
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(12)
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(12)
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(12)
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(12)
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EDIT
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intend in Words With Friends™

The word intend is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters intend:

TINNED
(51)
DENTIN
(51)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word intend

INTEND
(45)
INTEND
(39)
INTEND
(39)
INTEND
(39)
INTEND
(39)
INTEND
(36)
INTEND
(36)
INTEND
(33)
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(33)
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(33)
INTEND
(27)
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(27)
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(26)
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(26)
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(18)
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(15)
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(13)
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INTEND
(10)
INTEND
(10)
INTEND
(10)
INTEND
(9)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In intend

TINNED
(51)
DENTIN
(51)
DENTIN
(45)
INDENT
(45)
INTEND
(45)
TINNED
(45)
INDENT
(39)
INTEND
(39)
INDENT
(39)
INDENT
(39)
INTEND
(39)
DENTIN
(39)
TINNED
(39)
DENTIN
(39)
TINNED
(39)
INDENT
(39)
INTEND
(39)
DENTIN
(39)
TINNED
(39)
INTEND
(39)
DENTIN
(36)
INDENT
(36)
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(36)
TINNED
(36)
INTEND
(36)
INDENT
(36)
DENTIN
(36)
TINNED
(36)
TINNED
(33)
INTEND
(33)
TINNED
(33)
INDENT
(33)
DENTIN
(33)
DENTIN
(33)
TINNED
(33)
INDENT
(33)
TINED
(33)
DENTIN
(33)
INTEND
(33)
INTEND
(33)
INDENT
(33)
TEND
(30)
DINT
(30)
NINE
(30)
DINE
(30)
DENT
(30)
TINED
(28)
DENTIN
(27)
TINED
(27)
TINED
(27)
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(27)
TINNED
(27)
TINNED
(27)
INDENT
(27)
DENTIN
(27)
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(27)
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(27)
TINED
(27)
DIET
(27)
TIED
(27)
INDENT
(26)
INTEND
(26)
INTEND
(26)
DENTIN
(26)
TINNED
(26)
INDENT
(26)
INTEND
(26)
DENTIN
(26)
DINE
(24)
NINE
(24)
DINT
(24)
DENT
(24)
TEND
(24)
TINNED
(22)
TINNED
(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(21)
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(21)
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(18)
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(18)
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(16)
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(15)
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(15)
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(15)
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(15)
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(15)
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(15)
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(15)
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(15)
DENTIN
(15)
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(15)
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(15)
END
(15)
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(15)
TINNED
(15)
END
(15)
DIET
(15)
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(15)
TINE
(15)
TIED
(15)

Words within the letters of intend

2 letter words in intend (4 words)

3 letter words in intend (11 words)

4 letter words in intend (10 words)

5 letter words in intend (1 word)

6 letter words in intend (Anagrams) (4 words)

Word Growth involving intend

Shorter words in intend

in

en end tend

en ten tend

Longer words containing intend

intended superintended

intended unintended unintendedly

intending superintending

intendment intendments

intends superintends

superintend superintendant

superintend superintended

superintend superintendence

superintend superintendencies

superintend superintendency

superintend superintendent superintendents superintendentship superintendentships

superintend superintending

superintend superintends