intended
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adjectiveDefinition of INTENDED
1
: expected to be such in the future <an intended career> <his intended bride>
See 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
- Antonyms
- nondeliberate, nonpurposive, unintentional
Rhymes with INTENDED
2intended
nounDefinition of INTENDED
: the person to whom another is engaged
Examples of INTENDED
- <after a bit of bickering, she and her intended have finally picked out a wedding site>
First Known Use of INTENDED
1767
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