intended

English

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Adjective

intended (not comparable)

1. Planned.
   • 2002, United States General Accounting Office, Report to congressional committees: Foreign assistance read at [[1]] on 14 May 2006 - Funds were spent for intended purposes and not misused.

Antonyms

• unintended

Translations

• Finnish: aiottu (fi), tarkoitettu (fi)

Noun

intended (plural intendeds)

1. Fiancé or fiancée.
   • 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, section 3

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

   • 2005, Mori, on In Passing messageboard read at [[2]] on 16 May 2006, Pffft - We both hated using that word [fiancé], and were constantly trying to use alternatives such as "betrothed" and "intended"

Verb

intended

1. simple past tense and past participle of intend
   • 1917, Joseph Conrad, Victory read at [[3]] on 14 May 2006 - His purpose was to discover how long these guests intended to stay.

Anagrams

• detinned, indented