have something in mind
to have a plan or intention:
Did you have anything in mind for Helen's present?

[TahlilGaran] Advanced Learner's Dictionary ▲

intend to do something to have decided that you want to do something at some time in the future:
He intends to appeal against the decision.
be going to do something especially spoken to intend to do something – used when you have made definite arrangements to do it:
We’re going to have a meeting about it next week.
I’m going to start karate lessons.
mean to do something especially spoken to intend to do something – used especially when you forget to do something or when something does not happen in the way you intended:
I’ve been meaning to call you for ages.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.
plan to do something to intend to do something – used especially when you have thought carefully about how and when you will do it:
The airline plans to start flights to Thailand in July.
Jane and Rob are planning to get married next year.
set out to do something to intend to do something – used when someone is very determined and knows clearly what they want to do:
He set out to make a movie that would challenge people’s prejudices.
aim to do something to intend to do something – used when saying what someone hopes to achieve:
We aim to finish the work by next week.
The film aims to explain global warming and what people can do about it.
propose to do something formal to intend to do something – used when saying what someone suggests doing:
How do you propose to deal with the situation?
have somebody/something in mind to imagine that something is the kind of thing that you want to happen, or that someone is the person you want to choose:
‘How about going out for a pizza?’ ‘That wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.’
Who do you have in mind?
have no intention of doing something to have decided that you will definitely not do something:
Tom has no intention of retiring just yet.
The government has no intention of lifting the ban.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

have in mind
have (something) in mind
to be thinking about something as a possibility.
'I thought we might eat out tonight.' 'Where did you have in mind?'
(usually used in questions)
I think that's probably what he had in mind.

have in mind (someone/something)
to think about someone or something as being right for a particular situation.
What job did the president have in mind for the former senator?

The costumes were exactly what he had in mind.

She would say only that they had ambitious projects in mind.

Related vocabulary: have half a mind to do something

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

have in mind something
have in mind (someone/something)
to think about someone or something as being right for a particular situation.
What job did the president have in mind for the former senator?

The costumes were exactly what he had in mind.

She would say only that they had ambitious projects in mind.

Related vocabulary: have half a mind to do something

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

have something in mind
have (something) in mind
to be thinking about something as a possibility.
'I thought we might eat out tonight.' 'Where did you have in mind?'
(usually used in questions)
I think that's probably what he had in mind.

have in mind (someone/something)
to think about someone or something as being right for a particular situation.
What job did the president have in mind for the former senator?

The costumes were exactly what he had in mind.

She would say only that they had ambitious projects in mind.

Related vocabulary: have half a mind to do something

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

have in mind
to be thinking of something in particular; to intend, to plan
I don't know what my friend has in mind so I will ask him later.

"What do you have in mind for the meeting next week?"

"What do you have in mind for your wife's birthday?"

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

have something in mind
to be thinking of something in particular; to intend, to plan
I don't know what my friend has in mind so I will ask him later.

"What do you have in mind for the meeting next week?"

"What do you have in mind for your wife's birthday?"

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

have in mind
v. phr. To plan; intend; select.
We don't know whom our boss has in mind for the new position.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

have in mind someone
have in mind (someone/something)
to think about someone or something as being right for a particular situation.
What job did the president have in mind for the former senator?

The costumes were exactly what he had in mind.

She would say only that they had ambitious projects in mind.

Related vocabulary: have half a mind to do something

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲