as in deliberate
made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing
you may feign innocence, but I know that that last remark was an intended dig
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as in lover
the person to whom one is engaged to be married
after a bit of bickering, she and her intended have finally picked out a wedding site
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as in planned
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
an aspiring entrepreneur who intends to revolutionize the biotech industry
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as in meant
to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind
lawyers for both sides argued for days about what was intended by a particular phrase in the law
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Recent Examples of intended
Betsy Smith, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
Through one game, with eight more intended, his words can only be interpreted as sincere.
—Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
Those chapters shone throughout the opening stanza of a six-day state funeral intended to blend personalized memorials with the ceremonial pomp afforded to former presidents.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The park’s drives have not been so fully reimagined in decades, and the coming changes are very much intended to reflect today’s transportation eco-system, while maintaining the park’s design intent.
—Betsy Smith, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
Through one game, with eight more intended, his words can only be interpreted as sincere.
—Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
The measure — which charges many drivers $9 dollars to enter Manhattan during peak hours — is intended to bring relief to the country's most populous city.
—Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
Those chapters shone throughout the opening stanza of a six-day state funeral intended to blend personalized memorials with the ceremonial pomp afforded to former presidents.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intended
Adjective
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Be deliberate about your communications with the federal agency and offer any questions and rebuttals in writing.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Many people have perceived his walking off set and the Instagram story as a deliberate snub.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But through it all, he’s also been a lover of golf and has worked with Malbon Golf, Greyson and FootJoy.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
27 Mar. 2025
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That's just the type of news Scotch lovers need in these uncertain times.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The inauguration of the president-elect will now go on as planned.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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While most employees planned to drive home Sunday before full-on blizzard conditions arrived, Putney said a few chose to sleep over a second night to stay off the icy roads.—
Natalie Wallington,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2025
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Lebanese And Aegean-Influenced Food In Wynwood Lira is a Lebanese find with lots of hot and cold meze—or small plates meant for sharing—on offer.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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That meant that a manual attempt to track the handsets of the building’s prewar residents may have suggested there was no one there at all.—
Patrick Kingsley,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Most of them went by quickly enough to evade conscious perception, but the overall effect was unsettling.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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But the players around him will need to be conscious defensively to get the most out of him.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The result was harassment of Cornett, her boyfriend, and their families.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
2 Apr. 2025
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Natalia and her boyfriend reached out to Nicole and Vincent DePaul, a couple with dwarfism who had tried to adopt her in 2009 but were unable to due to financial constraints.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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While there has even been some talk of a military invasion, there are other ways America could gain control of the Arctic territory, such as free association, which is the ability to maintain self-government along with a voluntary and mutual partnership with a sovereign state.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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The voluntary program allows people who have two years or less of their sentence remaining to serve the rest of their time in a center that offers help with reentering the community.—
Alene Tchekmedyian,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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In another instance, in 2023, an individual who threatened to kill his girlfriend was found to be manufacturing an arsenal of weapons in his apartment using a Creality printer.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Perry was Brenda's love interest, Dylan McKay, and Garth was Brenda's best friend (and Dylan's sometimes girlfriend), Kelly Taylor.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Intended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intended. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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