meant to (be/do something)

phrase

1

: intended to (do or be something)

I was never meant to teach.

They knew as soon as they met that they were meant to be together.

I thought we could be friends, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be.

2

British : supposed to (be or do something)

The buses are meantto arrive every 15 minutes.

Brighton is meant to be very beautiful at this time of year.

Examples of meant to (be/do something) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Delta Air Lines is temporarily pulling back some special perks meant to ease travel for members of Congress amid the ongoing partial government shutdown. — Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026

Crucially, this new exoplanet catalog is not meant to be an exhaustive list of potentially habitable worlds. — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2026

Sunday night was meant to be the grand finale at Moody, but high winds had other plans. — Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2026

It is meant to be a reinterpretation of the original, rather than a replica. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2026