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intended

[in-ten-did]

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adjective

purposed; designed; intentional: an intended snub.

prospective: one's intended wife.

noun

Informal. the person one plans to marry; one's fiancé or fiancée.

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Origin:
1570–80; intend + -ed²

Related forms

in·tend·ed·ly, adverb

in·tend·ed·ness, noun

qua·si-in·tend·ed, adjective

un·in·tend·ed, adjective

un·in·tend·ed·ly, adverb

Example Sentences

Intended to carry the reader somewhat further onward in the spiritual life.

The compound is intended to develop close ties between the nation's higher-education system and existing science centers.

Newton intended his great system of the world as a tribute to a dazzlingly deft geometer-god.

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Intended to carry the reader somewhat further onward in the spiritual life.

The compound is intended to develop close ties between the nation's higher-education system and existing science centers.

Newton intended his great system of the world as a tribute to a dazzlingly deft geometer-god.

Ask students to give examples of how humans modify the environment in intended and unintended ways.

Wall-free office spaces did not quite work out the way their utopian inventors intended.

They decried the product as a fraudulent butter intended to deceive consumers.

Dig it up, keeping plenty of soil around the roots, and move it to its intended location.

Postings intended for one group aren't shown to another.

Jeffs could not be found guilty unless he specifically intended for the girl's.

I'd flown in the night before to attend my cousin's funeral and intended to fly back to.

They seem to have subverted a male trick that is intended to ensure paternity rights, and turned it into a trap.

These modifications typically have intended results, usually immediate human benefits.

Therefore, graphic warning labels on cigarettes might not have the intended effect on everyone who sees them.

Those quill-things are intended to be protofeathers.

The saturated reds, oranges, and yellows in their home are intended to welcome.

But new legislation intended to prevent the creation of such creatures would also outlaw perfectly legitimate.

The letter was intended to clear up concerns over the regulations that have been particularly controversial:.

Denmark's new laws to deter asylum-seekers are having their intended effect.

Often the plan was intended to symbolize and reinforce the ruler's power and authority.

Go ahead, give the video below a spin-pun fully intended.

They opened the back of the van, stared at the pots of petunias and bougainvillea intended for the park, then waved us.

Dymondia can take light shade but it is only intended for light foot traffic.

Originally intended as a lightweight way to make a morning cuppa.

She emphasized that she had been transparent about the direction she intended to take the university.

Frustrated by the lack of information, activists insisted that the government should make public any measures it intended to take.

He intended to put this in the animal's mouth, to measure the force of its bite.

The biggest bone of contention: finding a way to let voters check that their votes have been cast the way they intended.

It seems this article was only intended to give the guy some badly needed press.

When automakers develop new vehicles, they need to know which combination of components is optimal for the vehicle's intended use.

The rule defining a credit hour is intended to curb credit inflation that could result in the overawarding of student aid.

Officials now say that the dam was always intended to control flooding with anything as big as a once-in-a-century flood.

The stones would likely then be polished by hand and pushed up ramps to their intended positions.

The definition was intended to bring closure to a long-standing debate but instead seems to have poured fuel on the fire.

These are all pieces of camping equipment and are intended for use outdoors.

No weekend project, the boys intended to replicate the.

Smiley said he had intended to fulfill the pledge but would now donate his money elsewhere.

The proposal is intended to achieve two inconsistent objectives.

The opening is intended to allow students to share their ideas, not to learn correct answers.

There they secrete an array of chemicals intended to limit any infection.

Unless it is commentary intended to either expand awareness, or invoke strong feelings of misanthropy.

Its small size and narrow armholes are intended to prevent men from using it as an offensive weapon.

The new policy is intended to give professors more time, not for their research, but to improve their teaching.

They are intended for illegal immigrants, who have often been.

It is unclear whether the site was intended as a fallout shelter or simply as a storage place for emergency provisions.

These are not drugs intended for longterm treatment.

Gardenburger is the only company so far to jump on the bandwagon, no pun intended.

The attackers may have considered the collateral damage a necessity in order to effectively reach the intended target.

The duties listed in this job description are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed.

Lessons are listed in the order in which they are intended to be taught.

Because these aromas are volatile, decanting actually results in a wine with much less of the aroma than the winemaker intended.

Laser dazzlers are intended to be used for crowd control and convoy protection.

Under a state-mandated program intended to encourage solar.

It is not intended as legal, accounting, or other professional advice.

It was, first, a part of the economic stimulus bill intended to get consumers start circulating money.

Some have fancy hydraulic controls that are intended to automatically right the boats should they flip in strong seas.

It's thin and blue, this milk intended for my daughter's mouth.

The caption described in this message lets us know that the image was intended to amuse or entertain people.

Why was not a better alternative used that did not kill other then the intended victims.

Raskin is quick to point out that the project isn't intended to be a generic platform for market research.

Bowl committees got their start decades ago as festivals intended to highlight football and local communities.

The intended launch load is out on the free end of the boom and reaches velocities adequate for space-going purposes.

The workshop was also intended to get researchers into shape for a summer robot-and-programmer search-and-rescue boot camp.

Clearly, my university has a proactive spousal-hiring policy that is intended to attract and retain high-quality faculty members.

Even more drugs intended to alleviate brain damage from strokes may be on their way.

Many officers remain confused about the destroyer's abilities and intended use.

Though intended for health professionals, this book is a boon for amateurs working on a budget.

As violent as they are, the computer-generated sights and sounds that fill my senses are intended to heal.

Nicolelis emphasizes that the educational arm of his project is not intended to create a nation of scientists.

BattleAxe's reactive fragments are specifically intended to improve its performance against soft targets such as trucks.

Especially if it is intended for diminish the errors of referees.

The partners then guessed the intended tone and indicated how confident they were in their answers.

One of them teaches concepts intended to promote so-called post-traumatic.

Fossett had intended to scope out flat desert country and lake beds to find a place he hoped to set a world land-speed record.

Getting a tan is a natural result of that intended behavior.

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verb (used with object)

to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan: We intend to leave in a month.

to design or mean for a particular purpose, use, recipient, etc.: a fund intended for emergency use only.

to design to express or indicate, as by one's words; refer to.

(of words, terms, statements, etc.) to mean or signify.

Archaic. to direct (the eyes, mind, etc.).

verb (used without object)

to have a purpose or design.

Obsolete. to set out on one's course.

Origin:
1250–1300; < Latin intendere to stretch towards, aim at (see in-², tend¹); replacing Middle English entenden < Old French entendre < Latin, as above

Related forms

in·tend·er, noun

mis·in·tend, verb

pre·in·tend, verb (used with object)

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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World English Dictionary

intended (ɪnˈtɛndɪd)

—*adj*
1.	planned or future

—n
2.	informal a person whom one is to marry; fiancé or fiancée

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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.

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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.

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