What does intended mean?

Definitions for intended
ɪnˈtɛn dɪdin·tend·ed

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word intended.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. intendedadjective

    resulting from one's intentions

    "your intended trip abroad"; "an intended insult"

  2. intendedadjective

    future; betrothed

    "his intended bride"

Wiktionary

  1. intendednoun

    Fiancé or fiancée.

  2. intendedadjective

    Planned.

ChatGPT

  1. intended

    Intended generally refers to something that is planned, purposeful, or deliberate. It often refers to ideas, actions, or outcomes that are decided on or aimed for in advance.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Intended

    of Intend

  2. Intendedadjective

    made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent

  3. Intendedadjective

    purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help

  4. Intendedadjective

    betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband

  5. Intendednoun

    one with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover

Editors Contribution

  1. intendedverb

    Verb form of the word intend.

    She had intended to get a card but chose to focus on the people around her in that moment, she got one the next day.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 1, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'intended' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1449

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'intended' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3552

Anagrams for intended »

  1. detinned

  2. indented

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of intended in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of intended in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of intended in a Sentence

  1. Chris Christie:

    There are going to be some who are going come before you and going to say oh no, no this is not what the founders intended. the founders made sure that the first obligation of the American government was to protect the lives of the American people.

  2. Lorraine Carli:

    Fire safe cigarettes are intended to reduce the likelihood of fires on upholstered furniture and bedding, some studies indicate they are effective in these situations. There has been limited research so we will look to future studies to continue to chart impact.

  3. Stephen Colbert:

    No. Your movie‘Stuart Saves His Family ’ was intended to be funny but was n’t, that photo was intended to embarrass His Family '. That’s why he did it while His Family ' was asleep.

  4. Mr Chandra:

    We did about 10,000 hires last year. We have lots of different roles at Google and we hire people from all different backgrounds, we are a company that provides to ability for folks to be able to express their position, or their thoughts, on any particular topic but we’re very clear though that it has to abide by the code of conduct, it has to be respectful and not intended to be hurtful.

  5. Native American:

    The Great Spirit, when He made earth, never intended that it should be made merchandise.

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