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Intended

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in⋅tend⋅ed

  [in-ten-did]
Use Intended in a Sentence
–adjective
1. purposed; designed; intentional: an intended snub.
2. prospective: one's intended wife.
–noun
3. Informal. the person one plans to marry; one's fiancé or fiancée.
Origin:
1570–80; intend + -ed 2

Related forms:
in⋅tend⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
in⋅tend⋅ed⋅ness, noun

in⋅tend

  [in-tend]
–verb (used with object)
1. to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan: We intend to leave in a month.
2. to design or mean for a particular purpose, use, recipient, etc.: a fund intended for emergency use only.
3. to design to express or indicate, as by one's words; refer to.
4. (of words, terms, statements, etc.) to mean or signify.
5. Archaic. to direct (the eyes, mind, etc.).
–verb (used without object)
6. to have a purpose or design.
7. Obsolete. to set out on one's course.
Origin:
1250–1300; < L intendere to stretch towards, aim at (see in- 2 , tend 1 ); r. ME entenden < OF entendre < L, as above

Related forms:
in⋅tend⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. contemplate, expect, aim, purpose. Intend, mean, design, propose imply knowing what one wishes to do and setting this as a goal. To intend is to have in mind something to be done or brought about: No offense was intended. Mean is a less formal word than intend but otherwise a close synonym: He means to go away. Design implies planning to effect a particular result: to design a plan for Christmas decorations. Propose suggests setting up a program for oneself or offering it to others for consideration: We propose to beautify our city.
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in·tend   (ĭn-těnd')   
v.   in·tend·ed, in·tend·ing, in·tends

v.   tr.

  1. To have in mind; plan: We intend to go. They intend going. You intended that she go.

    1. To design for a specific purpose.

    2. To have in mind for a particular use.

  3. To signify or mean.

v.   intr.
To have a design or purpose in mind.

[Middle English entenden, from Old French entendre, from Latin intendere : in-, toward; see in-2 + tendere, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
in·tend·ed   (ĭn-těn'dĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Deliberate; intentional: "The only option is whether these will be purposeful, intended policies or whether they will be . . . concealed ones" (Daniel Patrick Moynihan).

  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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

intend 
c.1300, "direct one's attention to," from O.Fr. intendre "to direct one's attention," from L. intendere "turn one's attention, strain," lit. "stretch out, extend," from in- "toward" + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Sense of "have as a plan" (1390) was present in Latin. A Gmc. word for this was ettle, from O.N. ætla "to think, conjecture, propose," from P.Gmc. *ahta "consideration, attention" (cf. O.E. eaht, Ger. acht). Intended (n.) "one's intended husband or wife" is from 1767.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: in·tend
Pronunciation: in-'tend
Function: transitive verb
: to have in one's mind as a purpose or goal intend to kill her>

Main Entry: in·tend·ed
Function: adjective
: specifically planned or contemplated intended injury> <intended uses> intended beneficiary>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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