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intended

/ɪnˈtɛndɪd/

Rhymes with -ɛndɪd

adjective

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.
not comparable, obsolete Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent. The same advauncing high above his head, With sharpe intended sting so rude him smott

Opposite: unintended

noun intendeds

Fiancé or fiancée. His mother had died lately, watched over, as I was told, by his Intended.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of intend His purpose was to discover how long these guests intended to stay.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: deliberate, intentional, wilful, witting, knowing, supposed, conscious, committed, well-meaning, well-meant, well-intentioned, attached, willful, intentioned, intent, intention

adjective

Opposite: unintended

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adj planned

Español	intencionado, intencionarse
हिन्दी	विवक्षित vivakṣit
Français	planifié, voulu
Deutsch	gedacht
Italiano	previsto, disciplinato
Ελληνικά	επιδιωκόμενος epidiokómenos

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@misc{intended_2026,
  title = {intended},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/intended},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}