Import and Intend

Similar meaning words

Import verb - To communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind.

Usage example: the word “freedom” can import different things to different people

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Intend is a synonym for import in meaning topic. In some cases you can use "Intend" instead a verb "Import".

Intend verb - To communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind.

Usage example: lawyers for both sides argued for days about what was intended by a particular phrase in the law

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Import is a synonym for intend in determine topic. You can use "Import" instead a verb "Intend", if it concerns topics such as meaning.

way	import way	intend way
creatures	import creatures	intend creatures

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Intend and Import. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/import/intend

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