intending

adjective

in·​tend·​ing in-ˈten-diŋ How to pronounce intending (audio)
Synonyms of intendingnext
: prospective, aspiring
an intending teacher

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The challenges Isbell’s faced growing up with well intending but very young parents. — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 9 Apr. 2023 Location descriptions are painful, like notes that a more fluent writer would plug in fully intending to come back to on a second draft. — Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 1 June 2023 Donlon came into office intending to examine evidence storage in the NYPD warehouses. — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025 Baker struck a tone of rebuke and accountability, while defense attorneys focused on disputing prosecutors’ assertion that the students went to campus intending to cause destruction. — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026 Some of those arrested had acknowledged involvement in the brawl but all denied intending to kill Deranque, according to Lyon prosecutor Thierry Dran. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of intending was in 1788

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“Intending.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intending. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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