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# intended

«intended» in Mova's school dictionary: **planned or meant: «I intended to call you»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb, past form of intend (intend, intends, intended, intending); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Intended means planned or meant: «I intended to call you». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intended/#m1)

2) Meant for a particular person or use: «The film is intended for children». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intended/#m2)

3) (old-fashioned) Someone's intended is the person they plan to marry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intended/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories and everyday talk about plans, and on labels («intended for ages 6+»). Phrases: «intended for», «as intended», «intended to».

### examples

- I intended to finish my homework, but I fell asleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intended/#x1)
- This toy is intended for children over three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intended/#x2)
- The joke was not intended to hurt anyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intended/#x3)
- The plan worked as intended. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intended/#x4)
- The letter was intended for my sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intended/#x5)
- The bridge was intended to last a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intended/#x6)
- I intended to get a more perfect specimen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intended/#x7)

### note

Pattern: intend to + verb. Noun: intention. Labels like «not intended for children under 3» are safety warnings about small parts.

### In the corpora

- [Joseph forgave them: "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good" (Genesis 50:20).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/10/)
- [For they intended evil against thee, they imagined a device, wherewith they shall not prevail.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.304/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «intended» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intended/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.