intended
resulting from one's intentions
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,295 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,137 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- resulting from one's intentions your intended trip abroadan intended insult
- future; betrothed his intended bride
intended in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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For whom could such princely gifts be intended?
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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There was also the penitent wolf, who had restored a little pig he had intended eating.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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I dreamed I had one last night, and I intended to ask you at breakfast, but I was sound asleep.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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The few foot-notes in this book are chiefly intended to make clear some passages where there is a choice of reading.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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The other, and larger, fire centred a rectangle composed of tall racks, built of saplings and intended for the drying of clothes.
The Riverman · Stewart Edward White · Chapter 1