Definitions for intended

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intended in·tend·ed

Spelling: [in-ten-did]

IPA: /ɪnˈtɛn dɪd/

Intended is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in intended (ddeeinnt).

Definitions for intended

noun

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

adjective

1. purposed; designed; intentional:
2. prospective:

verb (used with object)

1. to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
2. to design or mean for a particular purpose, use, recipient, etc.:
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)

1. to have a purpose or design.
2. Obsolete. to set out on one's course.

Origin of intended

First recorded in 1570-80; intend + -ed²

Examples for intended

He insisted that he had not intended the novel to be political allegory, while knowing full well that it would be taken as such.

Users “should be allowed to use these devices and services the way they were intended,” Brookman says.

He had not intended this; it seemed hardly his fault: his intentions had been good, or at least not bad.

It has been the accumulation of years, and was intended as a provision for you and Robert.

But the ads are not just intended to remind the Google-curious that Paul exists and is thinking about running for president.

The human body was not intended to take that kind of punishment.

Each step, while it was intended to be the last, only made some other last step needful.

This request he intended to refuse, and enjoyed in advance the humiliation of young Rushton.

Then they intended to bury her, but she looked more alive than dead, and she still had such pretty red cheeks.

His last letter gives no clue to the track he intended to pursue.