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View synonyms for intended

intended

[ in-ten-did ]

adjective

  1. purposed; designed; intentional:

    an intended snub.

  2. prospective:

    one's intended wife.



noun

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

intended

/ ɪnˈtɛndɪd /

adjective

  1. planned or future
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. informal.
    a person whom one is to marry; fiancé or fiancée
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • in·tended·ly adverb
  • in·tended·ness noun
  • quasi-in·tended adjective
  • unin·tended adjective
  • unin·tended·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of intended1

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

You should also consider the intended placement and check your wall for wood studs.

Investigators also signaled their skepticism that all of the management and administrative funds went to their intended purpose, writing that the assistant secretary’s office “would likely fail” to adequately justify how the money was used.

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw his second interception, again on a pass that was too high for its intended target, and the Browns again showed they are in no mood to spare their longtime tormenter any mercy.

Some vaccine has been administered outside the bounds of intended policy.

As we move forward with these efforts, we know we must hold ourselves accountable if they’re going to achieve their intended impact.

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But the ads are not just intended to remind the Google-curious that Paul exists and is thinking about running for president.

Users “should be allowed to use these devices and services the way they were intended,” Brookman says.

The Interview, which caused so much controversy, was never intended for release in South Korean cinemas.

It was never intended to do anything as vulgar as actually earn money.

Then they intended to bury her, but she looked more alive than dead, and she still had such pretty red cheeks.

He prepared a glossary of provincial and archological words, intended for a supplement to Johnson's Dictionary.

But the withering mildew was now breathed forth, that was intended to blast this goodly harvest.

The girl saw this, and knew that he did not believe in her as she wished him to believe, as she intended to make him believe.

No one was hurt, although the shot was evidently intended for my party.

He shut his fist and hit Butterface a weak but well intended right-hander on the nose.

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