as intended

idiom

: in the way that has been planned

If everything goes as intended, he will graduate this spring.

Examples of as intended in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Independent researchers should assess effectiveness, and agencies must be willing to suspend or modify systems that don’t perform as intended. —Maureen Flatley, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025

Instead, the rather modest 5,600 milliampere-hour battery can trigger the smartphone equivalent of range anxiety, forcing users to choose between using the device as intended or conserving power. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025

Preliminary results from the clinical trial that Christina joined, termed the Remain-1 study, indicate that the procedure is working as intended to stabilize weight after GLP-1 therapy. —Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2025

These engineering-scale tests are designed to prove that the company’s standardized manufacturing process works as intended before the radioactive Aalo-X pilot reactor begins operation. —Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for as intended

• apprehended
• comprehended
• condescended
• recommended
• resuspended
• unamended
• unattended
• undefended
• undescended
• unexpended
• unintended
• amended