Intended

Pronunciation

Full definition of intended

Adjective

1. Planned.
• 2002, United States General Accounting Office, Report to congressional committees: Foreign assistance read at on 14 May 2006 - Funds were spent for intended purposes and not misused.
2. (obsolete) Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.

Antonyms

• unintended

Noun

1. Fiancé or fiancée.
• 1899, Joseph Conrad, ,His mother had died lately, watched over, as I was told, by his Intended.
• 2005, Mori, on In Passing messageboard read at 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

1. intended

   (past of intend)
• 1917, Joseph Conrad, Victory read at on 14 May 2006 - His purpose was to discover how long these guests intended to stay.

Anagrams

• detinned, indented