intending

[ in-ten-ding ]

adjective

1. designing or aiming to be; prospective or aspiring:

   intending surgeons.

Word History and Origins

Origin of intending¹

First recorded in 1650–60; intend + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Raised on a steady diet of war stories, and with a chain-smoking aunt who gave her eyesight and two arms to the cause, the pair join the IRA intending to do more than secretarial work.

From Salon

A touch screen in our cabin displays all the staffed and autonomous vehicles and other equipment in the vicinity, along with "permission lines" that show the immediate routes the self-driving trucks are intending to take.

From BBC

Opposition to Proposition 33, which would expand local government authority to enact rent control ordinances, is growing, with 45% of likely voters now intending to vote against it.

From Los Angeles Times

One accountant in the throng clutched five copies, intending to mail the book to his nephews and nieces in the Midwest.

From Los Angeles Times

Connolly previously admitted intending to stir up racial hatred.

From BBC