intended

[ in-ten-did ]
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adjective
  1. purposed; designed; intentional: an intended snub.

  2. prospective: one's intended wife.

noun
  1. Informal. the person one plans to marry; one's fiancé or fiancée.

Origin of intended

1
First recorded in 1570–80; intend + -ed2

Other words from intended

  • in·tend·ed·ly, adverb
  • in·tend·ed·ness, noun
  • qua·si-in·tend·ed, adjective
  • un·in·tend·ed, adjective
  • un·in·tend·ed·ly, adverb

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How to use intended in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for intended

intended

/ (ɪnˈtɛndɪd) /


adjective
  1. planned or future

noun
  1. informal a person whom one is to marry; fiancé or fiancée

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