Meanings
- not comparablePlanned.
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 comparableobsoleteMade tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.
The same advauncing high above his head, With sharpe intended sting so rude him smott
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
plural intendeds
- Fiancé or fiancée.
His mother had died lately, watched over, as I was told, by his Intended.
1899 April, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MII, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part III (Conclusion), page 6511 more example
That the monsters exceed the boundaries of scale produces much stageplay for the male suitors. For instance, when they must approach their "intendeds," the suitors slowly and with great trepidation approach, quickly speak, and scurry away like the frightened bunnies they are; when they must make actual contact, Fetherfool runs up and down a ladder to salute the Giant.
2003, Cynthia Lowenthal, Performing Identities on the Restoration Stage, Southern Illinois University Press, →ISBN, page 147
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of intend
His purpose was to discover how long these guests intended to stay.
1912 October – 1914 May 29 (date written), Joseph Conrad, Victory, London: Methuen & Co. […], published 24 September 1915, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveresulting from one's intentions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian очакван, планиран
- очакван (očakvan)planned
- планиран (planiran)planned
Czech zamýšlený, plánovaný
- zamýšlenýplanned
- plánovanýplanned
Finnish aiottu, tarkoitettu
- aiottuplanned
- tarkoitettuplanned
French planifié, voulu
- planifiéplanned
- vouluplanned
German gedacht
- gedachtplanned
Greek επιδιωκόμενος
- επιδιωκόμενος (epidiokómenos)planned
Hindi विवक्षित
- विवक्षित (vivakṣit)planned
Italian previsto, disciplinato
- previstoplanned
- disciplinatoplanned
Spanish intencionado, intencionarse
- intencionadoplanned
- intencionarseplanned
Swedish ämnad, tilltänkt
- ämnadplanned
- tilltänktplanned
- avseddplanned
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with intended
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Cite this entry
intended. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intended
“intended.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intended. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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