Standard Lemma guide

intended

adj · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɪnˈtɛndɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛndɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T EH1 N D IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IH0 N T EH1 N D IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Planned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Fiancé or fiancée.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of intend

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

resulting from one's intentions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • your intended trip abroad
  • an intended insult

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unintended

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

future; betrothed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his intended bride

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: наўмысны (nawmysny) — planned
  • Belarusian: запланаваны (zaplanavany) — planned
  • Bulgarian: очакван (očakvan) — planned
  • Bulgarian: планиран (planiran) — planned
  • Czech: zamýšlený — planned
  • Czech: plánovaný — planned
  • Finnish: aiottu — planned
  • Finnish: tarkoitettu — planned
  • French: planifié — planned
  • French: voulu — planned
  • German: gedacht — planned
  • Greek: επιδιωκόμενος (epidiokómenos) — planned
  • Hindi: विवक्षित (vivakṣit) — planned
  • Italian: previsto — planned
  • Italian: disciplinato — planned
  • Lower Sorbian: myslony — planned
  • Spanish: planeado — planned
  • Swedish: ämnad — planned
  • Swedish: tilltänkt — planned
  • Swedish: avsedd — planned
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