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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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The meaning of INTENDED is expected to be such in the future. How to use intended in a sentence.
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.
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.
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. attendant. bachelor party.
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.
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.
Prospective; future. An intended trip abroad next month. The person whom one has agreed to marry; fiancé or fiancée. A person whom one intends to marry; a fiancé or fiancée. Our daughter and her intended. Simple past tense and past participle of intend.
to have in mind as a purpose or goal : plan; to design for a specified use or future; signify, mean… See the full definition
