intended
/ɪnˈtɛndɪd
/adjective [attributive]
Planned or meant: the intended victim escaped...
- The men started to drive off with their intended victim but she scratched the face of one of her attackers and escaped.
- Gardaí believe the second victim was not an intended target and may have been shot accidentally.
- He praised the intended victim for her quick thinking and caution.
Synonyms
deliberate, intentional, calculated, conscious, done on purpose, planned, considered, studied, knowing, wilful, wanton, purposeful, purposive, premeditated, pre-planned, thought out in advance, prearranged, preconceived, predetermined;
aforethought;
voluntary, volitional
Law, dated prepense
noun (one's intended) informal
The person one intends to marry; one’s fiancé or fiancée: she used to be my intended...
- I have seen your intended involved in numerous situations that have repulsed me and that are too shocking for me to relate on paper.
- It may not be a sound you enjoy, but it surely has meaning for the male's intended!
- When a female moves into her intended's home, is she choosing the guy or his real estate?
Synonyms
fiancée, fiancé, wife-to-be, husband-to-be, bride-to-be, future wife/husband, prospective wife/husband, prospective spouse
formal betrothed
Derivatives
intendedly
- This is a position taken by some feminist writers who have argued that only research on women that is intendedly for women will be consistent with the wider political needs of women.