intended
verb, past form of intend (intend, intends, intended, intending); adjective
Everyday
- Intended means planned or meant: «I intended to call you». tree →
- Meant for a particular person or use: «The film is intended for children». tree →
- (old-fashioned) Someone's intended is the person they plan to marry. tree →
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 →
- This toy is intended for children over three. tree →
- The joke was not intended to hurt anyone. tree →
- The plan worked as intended. tree →
- The letter was intended for my sister. tree →
- The bridge was intended to last a long time. tree →
- I intended to get a more perfect specimen. tree →
Note
Pattern: intend to + verb. Noun: intention. Labels like «not intended for children under 3» are safety warnings about small parts.
In Jewish tradition
Interpretation: Translators use it to say what the text means, or what its readers probably meant, when the Hebrew can be read in more than one way. In the primary lessons: Used in stories and everyday talk about plans, and on labels («intended for ages 6+»). Phrases: «intended for», «as intended», «intended to».
Examples
- What was intended was שְׁטוּחָה shetuchah, meaning ‘flat’. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- If the sphere be rotated forward, good is implied, if in a retrograde manner evil is intended. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
- The expression בְּלִי[]מָה beli[-]mah can be understood as either one word or two, with both readings being plausible and perhaps intended, and manuscripts commonly varying between the one- and two-word renditions. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- For they intended evil against thee, they imagined a device, wherewith they shall not prevail. (Writings PSA.21.12, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Pattern: intend to + verb. Noun: intention. Labels like «not intended for children under 3» are safety warnings about small parts.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «intended» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «intended» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «intended» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «intended» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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