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intend v.
plan v.

VERB

intend

Synonyms

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aim contemplate design designate destine expect mean plan propose resolve think try

STRONG

appoint attempt connote decree dedicate denote devote endeavor essay express import indicate meditate ordain plot purpose reserve scheme signify spell strive

WEAK

add up aspire to be determined be resolved have in mind hope to look forward set apart set aside

Antonyms

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disbelieve disregard forget ignore neglect

STRONG

be idle dismiss misuse use waste

VERB

plan

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrange design draft form organize plot project work out

STRONG

blueprint brainstorm calculate concoct conspire contemplate contrive craft devise engineer formulate frame hatch intrigue invent map meditate outline quarterback ready represent scheme shape sketch steer trace

WEAK

bargain for block out cook up figure out fix to lay in provisions line up make arrangements reckon on rough in set out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy disarrange disorder disorganize neglect

STRONG

forget ignore

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Hilton cuts a colorful and pugnacious figure on the campaign trail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Indeed, to put a figure on it seems hollow.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

He also said he could not put a "specific figure" on NHS job losses, but he had been "open about the fact that public sector employment will fall".

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

The data landed a day after a modest June consumer-inflation figure on Tuesday showed that prices paid by shoppers also declined last month, pulling down the 12-month inflation rate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Always she waited, her eyes straining to make out the figure on the prow, and always, at the sight of those strange, glistening white figureheads, her heart sank.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

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