0 present participle of intend
1 to have as a plan or purpose:
[ + to infinitive ] We intend to go to Australia next year.
Somehow I offended him, which wasn't what I'd intended.
[ + obj + to infinitive ] I don't think she intended me to hear the remark.
It was intended as a compliment, honestly!
The president has announced she does not intend to stand for re-election.
I spent much more than I intended to.
An intending swimmer is prevented from entering the sea, because (it is reasonable to suppose) this person does not realize that the tides are dangerous.
The moral significance of the intending-foreseeing distinction requires more than the mere functional role of intention and foresight.
At the ver y least, they have a general intention, intending to set precedent for something-or-other in reaching their decisions.
