intended Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb have in mind as a purpose
    intend; think; mean.
    • I mean no harm
    • I only meant to help you
    • She didn't think to harm me
    • We thought to return early that night
  2. verb design or destine
    destine; intend; specify; designate.
    • She was intended to become the director
  3. verb mean or intend to express or convey
    intend; mean.
    • You never understand what I mean!
    • what do his words intend?
  4. verb denote or connote
    signify; intend; stand for; mean.
    • `maison' means `house' in French
    • An example sentence would show what this word means
  5. adjective resulting from one's intentions
    • your intended trip abroad
    • an intended insult
  6. adjective satellite future; betrothed
    • his intended bride

WordNet

In*tend"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent. Obs. Spenser.
  2. Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help.
    They drew a curse from an intended good. Cowper.
  3. Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband.
In*tend"ed noun
Definitions
  1. One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover.
    If it were not that I might appear to disparage his intended, . . . I would add that to me she seems to be throwing herself away. Dickens.

Webster 1913