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Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-ten-did
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɛn dɪd

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Définition of intended

Origin :
  • c.1300, "direct one's attention to," from Old French entendre, intendre "to direct one's attention" (in Modern French principally "to hear"), from Latin intendere "turn one's attention, strain," literally "stretch out, extend," from in- "toward" (see in- (2)) + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Sense of "have as a plan" (late 14c.) was present in Latin. A Germanic word for this was ettle, from Old Norse ætla "to think, conjecture, propose," from Proto-Germanic *ahta "consideration, attention" (cf. Old English eaht, German acht). Intended (n.) "one's intended husband or wife" is from 1767.
  • adj engaged; destined
Example sentences :
  • This request he intended to refuse, and enjoyed in advance the humiliation of young Rushton.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • It has been the accumulation of years, and was intended as a provision for you and Robert.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • His last letter gives no clue to the track he intended to pursue.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Each step, while it was intended to be the last, only made some other last step needful.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • He had not intended this; it seemed hardly his fault: his intentions had been good, or at least not bad.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • There was only one possible meaning; he intended to use fire.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • All I intended by the first, I believe, I honestly told you at the time.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • All of which Andy heard, and he knew that Buck Heath intended him to hear them.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • They ask not for my approbation, intended, as it should seem, to suppose me into their will.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The bullets of Allister and Clune might have gone home— they were intended to kill, not to wound.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

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