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[ in-ten-did ] / ɪnˈtɛn dɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR intended ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivepurposed; designed; intentional: an intended snub. prospective: one's intended wife. nounInformal. the person one plans to marry; one's fiancé or fiancée. Origin of intendedFirst recorded in 1570–80; intend + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM intendedin·tend·ed·ly, adverbin·tend·ed·ness, nounqua·si-in·tend·ed, adjectiveun·in·tend·ed, adjective un·in·tend·ed·ly, adverb Words nearby intendedintemperate, intend, intendance, intendancy, intendant, intended, intendency, intending, intendment, intenerate, Intens Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for intendedBut the ads are not just intended to remind the Google-curious that Paul exists and is thinking about running for president. Rand Paul’s Passive-Aggressive Trolling Campaign|Olivia Nuzzi|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST Users “should be allowed to use these devices and services the way they were intended,” Brookman says. How ‘Ethical’ Hotel Chain Marriott Gouges Guests in the Name of Wi-Fi Security|Kyle Chayka|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Then they intended to bury her, but she looked more alive than dead, and she still had such pretty red cheeks. In New Brothers Grimm 'Snow White', The Prince Doesn't Save Her|The Brothers Grimm|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST The human body was not intended to take that kind of punishment. Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room|Clive Irving|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He insisted that he had not intended the novel to be political allegory, while knowing full well that it would be taken as such. American Dreams: How Bush Shaped Our Reading of Roth’s ‘The Plot Against America’|Nathaniel Rich|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST I bowed my head to conceal the expression which might have told his lordship that I intended to do nothing of the kind. The International Spy|Allen Upward The King subsequently sailed on his intended visit to the sister island, and arrived off the coast in due course. Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1)|Duke of Buckingham and Chandos I believe that it is what Shakespeare intended, and that he despised the groundlings if they laughed. Shakespearean Tragedy|A. C. Bradley Of our ten animals, six were intended for riding, and four for carrying cargoes, each taking turn about. A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World|Charles Darwin The droll things were called the "Little Ease," and seemingly, were intended to create merriment. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, Sept. 27, 1890|Various
British Dictionary definitions for intended
nouninformal 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 Words related to intendedproposed, predetermined, promised, expected, calculated, planned, designed, contracted, set, affianced, betrothed, steady, advised, plighted, meant, contemplated, pinned, prearranged, predestined, future |