Intended

//ɪnˈtɛndɪd// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Fiancé or fiancée.

    "His mother had died lately, watched over, as I was told, by his Intended."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of intend form-of, participle, past

    "His purpose was to discover how long these guests intended to stay."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Planned. not-comparable

    "2002, United States General Accounting Office, Report to congressional committees: Foreign assistance read at https://web.archive.org/web/20060516081005/http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02787.pdf on 14 May 2006 - Funds were spent for intended purposes and not misused."

  2. 2
    Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent. not-comparable, obsolete

    "The same advauncing high above his head, With sharpe intended sting so rude him smott"

Adjective
  1. 1
    future; betrothed wordnet
  2. 2
    resulting from one's intentions wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
calculatedconsciousintentionaladvisedaffiancedaimed

Example

More examples

"I intended to become a teacher."

Related phrases

no pun intendedpun intendedwell-intended

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