intend
Have in mind
Intend means to have something in mind as a purpose or plan: I intend to finish by Friday, The gift was intended for you.
What someone intends is their aim or design—distinct from what actually happens.
An intended consequence is deliberate; an unintended one wasn't part of the plan.
The intended, now old-fashioned, is a person's fiancé or fiancée.
Devise a plan
- prepareMake ready beforehand
- arrangePlace methodically
- schedulePlan of timed events
- organizePut into systematic order
map out · outline · draft · formulate · devise · conceive · premeditate · plot
Purpose or direction
- goalDesired end result
- objectivePurpose or goal
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- designPurposeful creative planning
target · end · ambition · aspiration · motivation · rationale · reason · direction
strategize
Devise a plan
organize · map out · outline · draft · formulate · devise · conceive · premeditate · plot · scheme
aim
Purpose or direction
design · target · end · ambition · aspiration · motivation · rationale · reason · direction · focus
pledge
Binding promise given
resolve · commit · devote · undertake · guarantee · obligate · covenant · swear · assure
mean
Average, or spiteful
suggest · indicate · convey · express · connote · communicate · represent · symbolize · purport · spell out
intendimprovise
Perform without preparation
extemporize · wing it · ad-lib · play it by ear · fly by the seat of one's pants
- intensive careSpecialized treatment for severe illness
- best intentions
- no pun intendedDisclaimer following coincidental wordplay
- intensive care unitHospital ward for critical patients
- criminal intentGuilty state of mind
- intensive trainingFocused, demanding instruction period
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