in·tend·ed
in-ˈten-dəd 
1
: expected to be such in the future
an intended career
his intended bride
2
intendedly
adverb
: the person to whom another is engaged
Examples of intended in a Sentence
Adjective
The book failed to reach its intended audience.
you may feign innocence, but I know that that last remark was an intended dig
Noun
after a bit of bickering, she and her intended have finally picked out a wedding site
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Everything can still serve its intended purpose though.
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To repay it, the board is diverting our annual assessments away from their intended purpose of funding reserves to repair crumbling roads and curbs.
—Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
No one is hurt because of a joke about balls, but such jokes are still a middle finger to Musk’s intended audience of liberals and government workers.
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Adjective
The spacecraft then reached its intended orbit about 44 minutes later before establishing communication at 8:17 p.m. with mission controllers on the ground, according to Intuitive Machines.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Everything can still serve its intended purpose though.
—Tom Mylan, Bon Appétit, 26 Feb. 2025
To repay it, the board is diverting our annual assessments away from their intended purpose of funding reserves to repair crumbling roads and curbs.
—Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
No one is hurt because of a joke about balls, but such jokes are still a middle finger to Musk’s intended audience of liberals and government workers.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for intended
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“Intended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intended. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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