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    In·tend·ed
    /inˈtendəd/

    adjective

    • 1. planned or meant: "the intended victim escaped"

    noun

    • 1. the person one intends to marry; one's fiancé or fiancée: informal "she used to be my intended"
  2. Definition of intended adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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  4. Definition of 'intended' intended. (ɪntendɪd ) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use intended to describe the thing you are trying to achieve or person you are trying to affect. The intended target had been a military building. Keith hoped the obvious sarcasm would have its intended effect.

  5. Meaning of intended in English. intended. noun [ C usually singular ] old-fashioned or humorous us / ɪnˈten.dɪd / uk / ɪnˈten.dɪd / Add to word list. the person that you are going to marry: I shall be there with my intended. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Weddings. altar. always a bridesmaid, never the bride idiom. arranged marriage.

  6. 1. Deliberate; intentional: "He nodded again, so slight a motion that only one who knew him could read it as an intended gesture" (Sabina Murray). 2. Prospective; future: an intended trip abroad next month. n. Informal. A person whom one intends to marry; a fiancé or fiancée: our daughter and her intended. in·tend′ed·ly adv.

  7. intend. verb. /ɪnˈtɛnd/. Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] to have a plan, result, or purpose in your mind when you do something We finished later than we had intended. intend to do something I fully intended (= definitely intended) to pay for the damage. intend somebody/something to do something The writer clearly intends his readers ...

  8. 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.

  9. be intended for sb; be intended as sth. to be made, designed, or provided for a particular person or purpose: The book is intended for anyone who wants to learn more about the Internet. (Definition of intend from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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