intended

American  

[in-ten-did] / ɪnˈtɛn dɪd /

adjective

1. purposed; designed; intentional.

   an intended snub.

2. prospective.

   one's intended wife.

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noun

1. Informal. the person one plans to marry; one's fiancé or fiancée.

intended British  

/ ɪnˈtɛndɪd /

adjective

1. planned or future

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noun

1. informal a person whom one is to marry; fiancé or fiancée

Other Word Forms

• intendedly adverb
• intendedness noun
• quasi-intended adjective
• unintended adjective
• unintendedly adverb

Etymology

Origin of intended

First recorded in 1570–80; intend + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The new agency "is intended to respond to an increasingly unstable international situation, but it must not be allowed to unjustly infringe upon citizens' rights", the Mainichi Shimbun said in an editorial Friday.

From Barron's

"While our access controls and data protection policies remained intact, this behaviour did not meet our intended Copilot experience, which is designed to exclude protected content from Copilot access," they added.

From BBC

The math is complicated, so Choi recently made a spreadsheet, intended as an educational tool, where people can plug in their financial specifics, tweak the assumptions and see what the formula spits out.

From The Wall Street Journal

The jury had heard that the intended victim of the fire was Sheila Jackson's son George Jackson, who sometimes lived at the house.

From BBC

The findings are intended to support prevention strategies and aid the development of improved diagnostic tools and antivenoms.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• calculated
• contracted
• designed
• expected
• planned
• predetermined
• promised
• proposed