Word Study
intended
CIDE DICTIONARY
intended, a.
- Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help. [1913 Webster]"They drew a curse from an intended good." [1913 Webster]
- Betrothed; affianced; as, an intended husband. [1913 Webster]
intended, n.
One with whom marriage is designed; one who is betrothed; an affianced lover. [1913 Webster]
"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." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
intended, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 done on purpose; intentional.
2 designed, meant.
--n. colloq. the person one intends to marry; one's fianc{eacute} or fianc{eacute}e (is this your intended?).
--adj.
1 done on purpose; intentional.
2 designed, meant.
--n. colloq. the person one intends to marry; one's fianc{eacute} or fianc{eacute}e (is this your intended?).
Derivative
intendedly adv.
THESAURUS
intended
advised, affianced, aimed, aimed at, assured, betrothed, bound, bride-to-be, calculated, committed, compromised, conscious, considered, contemplated, contracted, deliberate, deliberated, designed, engaged, envisaged, envisioned, fiance, fiancee, future, guaranteed, implied, intentional, knowing, meant, meditated, obligated, of design, planned, pledged, plighted, projected, promised, proposed, purposed, purposeful, purposive, studied, sworn, teleological, underwritten, voluntary, warranted, willful, wittingROGET THESAURUS
intended
Will
N will, volition, conation, velleity, liberum arbitrium, will and pleasure, free will, freedom, discretion, option, voluntariness, spontaneity, spontaneousness, originality, pleasure, wish, mind, desire, frame of mind, intention, predetermination, selfcontrol, determination, force of will, voluntary, volitional, willful, free, optional, discretional, discretionary, volitient, volitive, minded, prepense, intended, autocratic, unbidden &c (bid), spontaneous, original, unconstrained, voluntarily, at will, at pleasure, a volonte, a discretion, al piacere, ad libitum, ad arbitrium, as one thinks proper, as it seems good to, a beneplacito, of one's won accord, of one's own free will, proprio motu, suo motu, ex meromotu, out of one's won head, by choice, purposely, deliberately, stet pro ratione voluntas, sic volo sic jubeo, a vostro beneplacito, beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere, Deus vult, was man nicht kann meiden muss man willig leiden.Predetermination
N predestination, preordination, premeditation, predeliberation, predetermination, foregone conclusion, fait accompli, parti pris, resolve, propendency, intention, project, fate, foredoom, necessity, prepense, premeditated, predesignated, predesigned, advised, studied, designed, calculated, aforethought, intended, foregone, well-laid, well-devised, well-weighed, maturely considered, cunning, advisedly, with premeditation, deliberately, all things considered, with eyes open, in cold blood, intentionally.Intention
N intent, intention, intentionality, purpose, quo animo, project, undertaking, predetermination, design, ambition, contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal, study, look out, final cause, raison d'etre, cui bono, object, aim, end, the be all and the end all, drift, tendency, destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, quintain, prey, quarry, game, decision, determination, resolve, fixed set purpose, settled purpose, ultimatum, resolution, wish, arriere pensee, motive, teleology, intended, intentional, advised, express, determinate, prepense, bound for, intending, minded, bent upon, at stake, on the anvil, on the tapis, in view, in prospect, in the breast of, in petto, teleological, intentionally, advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly, with intent, deliberately, with one's eyes open, in cold blood, for, with a view, with an eye to, in order to, in order that, to the end that, with the intent that, for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of, in pursuance of, pursuant to, quo animo, to all intents and purposes, The road to hell is paved with good intentions, sublimi feriam sidera vertice.For further exploring for "intended" in Webster Dictionary Online