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- Dictionaryintended/ɪnˈtɛndɪd/
adjective
- 1. planned or meant: "the intended victim escaped"
noun
- 1. the person one intends to marry; one's fiancé or fiancée: informal "she used to be my intended"
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Meaning of intend in English. intend. verb [ T ] uk / ɪnˈtend / us / ɪnˈtend / Add to word list. B1. to have as a plan or purpose: [ + to infinitive ] We intend to go to Australia next year. Somehow I offended him, which wasn't what I'd intended. [ + obj + to infinitive ] I don't think she intended me to hear the remark.
The meaning of INTENDED is expected to be such in the future. How to use intended in a sentence.
Intended definition: purposed; designed; intentional. See examples of INTENDED used in a sentence.
Definition of intended adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
INTENDED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of intended in English. intended. noun [ C usually singular ] old-fashioned or humorous uk / ɪnˈten.dɪd / us / ɪnˈten.dɪd / Add to word list. the person that you are going to marry: I shall be there with my intended. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Weddings. altar.
You use intended to describe the thing you are trying to achieve or person you are trying to affect. The intended target had been a military building. Keith hoped the obvious sarcasm would have its intended effect. It's never occurred to me that the intended victim of the fire was Margaret.
to have as a plan or purpose: [ + to infinitive ] We intend to go to Australia next year. Somehow I offended him, which wasn't what I'd intended. [ + obj + to infinitive ] I don't think she intended me to hear the remark. be intended for The course is intended for intermediate-level students.
[intransitive, transitive] to have a plan, result or purpose in your mind when you do something. We finished later than we had intended. intend to do something I fully intended (= definitely intended) to pay for the damage. I never intended to hurt you. The train we had originally intended to catch had already left.
Something intended is done on purpose. The intended outcome of a meeting is the result that everyone is planning and hoping for. A robber's intended victim is the person whose purse he means to snatch, and the intended destination of a hot air balloon is the spot where its pilot expects to land.
1. Deliberate; intentional: "He nodded again, so slight a motion that only one who knew him could read it as an intended gesture" (Sabina Murray). 2. Prospective; future: an intended trip abroad next month. n. Informal. A person whom one intends to marry; a fiancé or fiancée: our daughter and her intended. in·tend′ed·ly adv.