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intended

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

«intended» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

  1. Intended means planned or meant: «I intended to call you». tree →
  2. Meant for a particular person or use: «The film is intended for children». tree →
  3. (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

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/intended/