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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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Jun 3, 2012 · The meaning of INTENDED is expected to be such in the future. How to use intended in a sentence.
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. be intended for The course is intended for intermediate-level students.
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. always a bridesmaid, never the bride idiom. arranged marriage.
in·tend·ed. (ĭn-tĕn′dĭd) 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
