BE AFTER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Have the will and intention to carry out some action

Example:

The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion

Synonyms:

be after; plan

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "be after" is one way to...):

intend; mean; think (have in mind as a purpose)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "be after"):

think out (consider carefully and rationally)

aim; aspire; draw a bead on; shoot for (have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal)

go for; hope (intend with some possibility of fulfilment)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing