intends
Sayin-TENDZ/ɪnˈtɛndz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of intend.
He intends to apologize as soon as he sees her.
The committee intends no disrespect by postponing the vote.
Note
The form a single subject uses to announce a plan: she intends, the board intends. It can take a to-infinitive (intends to leave) or a plain noun object (intends no harm). The verb once also meant to stretch or distend and to intensify. Those physical meanings are obsolete, so today it speaks of aim and attention, never of pulling something taut.
intends is a form of intend
intend, verb: To have something in mind as a plan or purpose; to mean to do something. Full entry
- Spelling
- intend → intends: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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