I don't intend to be selfish.
Source: tatoeba (1352)
Intend
//ɪnˈtɛnd//
Synonyms for "intend" (94 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (47)
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8 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
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1 entriesTranslations
127 translations across 60 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μέλλω verb (to be intent upon)
Arabic
3 entries- تَعَمَّدَ verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- قَصَدَ verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- نَوَى verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Armenian
4 entries- ծրագրել verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- մտադիր լինել verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- մտադրվել verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- պատրաստվել verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- niyyət etmək verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Belarusian
4 entries- збіра́цца verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- мець наме́р verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- наме́рвацца verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- планава́ць verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Bulgarian
3 entries- възнамеря́вам verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- възнамеря́вам verb (to be intent upon)
- плани́рам verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Catalan
1 entries- intentar verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏰᎸᎭ verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 想要 verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- 意圖 /意图 verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- 打算 verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Czech
4 entries- hodlat verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- mít v úmyslu verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- plánovat verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- zamýšlet verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Danish
1 entries- have til hensigt verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Dutch
1 entries- van plan zijn verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Egyptian
1 entries- ib:Z1 verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Esperanto
1 entries- intenci verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Estonian
1 entries- kavatsema verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Faroese
1 entries- ætla verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Finnish
3 entries- aikoa verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- aikoa verb (to be intent upon)
- pyrkiä verb (to be intent upon)
French
4 entries- avoir l'intention verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- concevoir verb (to be intent upon)
- envisager verb (to be intent upon)
- prévoir verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Friulian
2 entries- intindi verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- volê verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Georgian
1 entries- განზრახვა verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
German
3 entries- beabsichtigen verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- intendieren verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- vorhaben verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Greek
1 entries- σκοπεύω verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Hindi
3 entries- इरादा रखना verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- नीयत करना verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- प्रयोजन रखना verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Hungarian
4 entries- akar verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- szán verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- szándékozik verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- tervez verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Indonesian
1 entries- berniat verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Irish
1 entries- tá faoi verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Italian
2 entries- avere in animo verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- intendere verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Japanese
2 entries- つもりである verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- 意図する verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Kazakh
1 entries- ниеттену verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Korean
1 entries- 의도(意圖)하다 verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ниеттенүү verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Latin
2 entries- habeo in animo verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- volo verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Latvian
3 entries- domāt verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- iecerēt verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- nadomāt verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Lithuanian
2 entries- ketinti verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- manyti verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Macedonian
2 entries- има намера verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- плани́ра verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Malagasy
2 entries- maminavina verb (to be intent upon)
- mikasa verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Maltese
1 entries- beħsiebni verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Māori
4 entries- kapatau verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- koro verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- mea verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- takune verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ha til hensikt verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Persian
3 entries- آهنگ داشتن verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- بر آن بودن verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- قصد داشتن verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Polish
2 entries- zamierzać verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- zamierzać verb (to be intent upon)
Portuguese
2 entries- pretender verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- tencionar verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Romanian
2 entries- a intenționa verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- avea de gând verb (to be intent upon)
Russian
3 entries- намерева́ться verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- плани́ровать verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- собира́ться verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Scots
1 entries- ettle verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- namerávati verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- namjerávati verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- намера́вати verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- намјера́вати verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Slovak
4 entries- hodlať verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- mať v úmysle verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- plánovať verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- zamýšľať verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Slovene
1 entries- nameravati verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Spanish
4 entries- intencionar verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- intentar verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- intentar verb (to be intent upon)
- planear verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Swedish
3 entries- avse verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- planera verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- ämna verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Tajik
2 entries- ният доштан verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- қасд доштан verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Thai
1 entries- ตั้งใจ verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Turkish
2 entries- niyet etmek verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- planlamak verb (to be intent upon)
Ukrainian
4 entries- збира́тися verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- ма́ти на́мір verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- намі́ритись verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- планува́ти verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Urdu
2 entries- ارادہ کرنا verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- قصد کرنا verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Uzbek
1 entries- niyat qilmoq verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Vietnamese
2 entries- có ý định verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
- định verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Volapük
1 entries- desinön verb (to be intent upon)
Walloon
1 entries- awè idêye verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Welsh
1 entries- bwriadu verb (to fix the mind upon a goal)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
What do you intend to do?
Source: tatoeba (16259)
I'm feeling ill, but I intend to go out anyhow.
Source: tatoeba (20299)
I intend to take my position as a third party.
Source: tatoeba (28952)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.