intended
/ɪnˈtɛndɪd/
intended adjective: planned. Also the simple past and past participle of intend.
Adjective
intended (not comparable)
- Planned.
- 2002, United States General Accounting Office, Report to congressional committees: Foreign assistance read at https://web.archive.org/web/20060516081005/http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02787.pdf on 14 May 2006 - Funds were spent for intended purposes and not misused.
- Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.
- The same advauncing high above his head,
With sharpe intended sting so rude him smott1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- The same advauncing high above his head,
Noun
intended (plural intendeds)
- Fiancé or fiancée.
- His mother had died lately, watched over, as I was told, by his Intended.1899 April, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MII, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part III...
- That the monsters exceed the boundaries of scale produces much stageplay for the male suitors. For instance, when they must approach their "intendeds," the suitors slowly and with great trepidation approach, quickly speak, and scurry away like the frightened bunnies they are; when they must make...2003, Cynthia Lowenthal, Performing Identities on the Restoration Stage, Southern Illinois University Press, →ISBN, page 147
Also used as
intended is also the simple past and past participle of intend.
intended meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
intended in Hindi
- planned
- विवक्षित vivakṣit
intended in Tamil
- நோக்கம் கொண்டவை
intended in Marathi
- उद्देशित, अभिप्रेत
intended in Telugu
- ఉద్దేశించినది, ఉద్దేశించిన
More languagesFewer languages
- intended in Malayalam
- ഉദ്ദേശിച്ചവർ, ഉദ്ദേശിച്ച
- intended in Kannada
- ಉದ್ದೇಶಿತ
- intended in Punjabi
- ਉਦੇਸ਼ਿਤ
- intended in Odia
- ଅଭିପ୍ରେତ
- intended in Nepali
- अभिप्रेत
Examples of intended in a sentence
- These data show that the new policy is not working as intended.
- She intended to get a letter off to her sister first thing that morning.
- If, as I surmise, you see the ladies this evening, you might mention my intended visit.
Antonyms of intended
Forms of intended
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Words formed from intended
Phrases with intended
Words that rhyme with intended
- suspended
- extended
- apprehended
- splendid
- comprehended
- defended
- distended
- amended
- ascended
- blended
- depended
- ended
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Questions about intended
- What does intended mean?
- Intended means planned.
- What is intended in Hindi?
- Intended in Hindi is विवक्षित (vivakṣit). See Intended meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is intended?
- Intended can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce intended?
- Intended is pronounced /ɪnˈtɛndɪd/.
Words near intended in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: intended (page history and authors); intended (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intended (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intended (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intended (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intended (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intended (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intended (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intended (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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