mean to

mean to (do something)

to intend to do something. Did you mean to do that? No, it was an accident. I didn't mean to.

mean to

Intend to, as in I meant to go running this morning but got up too late, or I'm sorry I broke it-I didn't mean to. This idiom was first recorded in 1560.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tsetseg	-	Mongolian
Ianuarius	-	Ancient Roman
Vida (1)	-	Hungarian
Rock	[rɔk]
Able	['eibl]
Tereza	te-REZ-ah (Romanian)	Czech, Portuguese (Brazilian), Bulgarian, Romanian