intended
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Adjective [edit]
intended (not comparable)
- 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.
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- Finnish: aiottu (fi), tarkoitettu (fi)
Noun [edit]
intended (plural intendeds)
- 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"
- 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, section 3
Verb [edit]
intended
- 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.