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intended

[in-ten-did] / ɪnˈtɛn dɪd /
ADJECTIVE
engaged; destined
Synonyms
STRONGEST
calculated contracted designed expected planned predetermined promised proposed
STRONG
advised affianced betrothed contemplated meant pinned plighted prearranged predestined set steady
WEAK
accidentally on purpose aforethought asked for future intentional
Antonyms
STRONG
unfixed

Example Sentences

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These Games were intended to use existing infrastructure instead of building new venues, which greatly cuts down on costs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

The scheme was intended to help those without access to money via friends and family by loaning them some of the funds for a house deposit and increasing mortgage availability.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

The plans—advancing informally through side discussions and over dinner meetings in and around the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—aren’t intended to rival the current alliance, participants said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

With first-time buyers as their intended customers, the company’s innovations included lowering prices by building homes on slabs, instead of digging costly basements.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

They glanced round at him, but he only nodded at them, and they forgot him as soon as he passed out of sight, which was as he intended.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell