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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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1. : expected to be such in the future. an intended career. his intended bride. 2. : intentional. intendedly adverb. 2 of 2. noun. : the person to whom another is engaged. Synonyms. Adjective. conscious. deliberate. intentional. knowing. purposeful. purposive. set. voluntary. willed. willful. wilful. witting. Noun. betrothed.
to have as a plan or purpose: [ + to infinitive ] We intend to go to Australia next year to visit our daughter. [ T ] The remark was intended as a compliment. intentional. adjective us / ɪnˈten·ʃən· ə l / Do you think the insult was intentional? intentionally. adverb us / ɪnˈten·ʃən· ə l·i /
Intended definition: purposed; designed; intentional. See examples of INTENDED used in a sentence.
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.
1 day ago · 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.
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.
adj. 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.
verb. design or destine. “She was intended to become the director”. synonyms: designate, destine, specify. see more. plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect. specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public. verb. mean or intend to express or convey.
[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. intend somebody/something to do something The writer clearly intends his readers to identify with the main character. inten...
