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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"

Display options for word: word (sense key)

S: (v) intend (intend%2:31:00::), mean (mean%2:31:00::), think (think%2:31:06::) (have in mind as a purpose) "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"
S: (v) intend (intend%2:31:01::), destine (destine%2:31:00::), designate (designate%2:31:00::), specify (specify%2:31:00::) (design or destine) "She was intended to become the director"
S: (v) mean (mean%2:32:01::), intend (intend%2:32:00::) (mean or intend to express or convey) "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"
S: (v) mean (mean%2:32:03::), intend (intend%2:32:02::), signify (signify%2:32:02::), stand for (stand_for%2:32:00::) (denote or connote) "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means"