intended
1intended
adjDefinition of INTENDED
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: expected to be such in the future <an intended career> <his intended bride>
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— in·tend·ed·ly adverb
Examples of INTENDED
- The book failed to reach its intended audience.
- <you may feign innocence, but I know that that last remark was an intended dig>
First Known Use of INTENDED
15th century
Related to INTENDED
Synonyms: conscious, deliberate, intentional, knowing, purposeful, purposive, set, voluntary, willed, willful (or wilful), witting
Related Words: designed, planned; conscious; advised, calculated, considered, measured, reasoned, studied, thoughtful, weighed; premeditated, premeditative, prepense; discretionary, elective, optional, volunteer
Near Antonyms: inadvertent, unwitting; accidental, chance, haphazard, hit-or-miss, incidental, random; aimless, desultory, purposeless; abrupt, impetuous, sudden; coerced, forced, involuntary; compulsory, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, ordered, required; casual; extemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unforced, unpremeditated
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