Verb
mean to (third-person singular simple present means to, present participle meaning to, simple past and past participle meant to)
To intend to.
I've been meaning to visit him for a while, but work has been busy.
To forgive does not mean to forget; to forgive means, with compassion and pain in the soul, to say: when the Last Judgment comes, I will stand up and say: do not judge him, Lord. Anthony of Sourozh
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. James Madison
I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else. James A. Garfield
When the hen steps on the feet of her chicken, she does not mean to kill them. Akan Proverb
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. Italian Proverb
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. Portuguese Proverb